The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Residential Interior Design: A Regenerative Approach

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) is emerging as one of the most critical elements of contemporary interior design, particularly with regards to regenerative strategies, planned to restore human health, improve environmental balance, and promote sustainability in a long-term outlook. At a time when traditional interior design has been much preoccupied with looks, practicality, and the practical arrangement, regenerative design introduces a fresh dimension of psychological and emotional receptiveness and establishes architecture as an active partner in human flourishing. The article examines the existence of EI within residential facilities and evaluates its effects on human health. The emphasis is more so on the Lebanese residential villas, which usher in the inviting blend of cultural symbolism, sensorial identification, and the setting of the environment. The analysis of three villas, Beit al Batroun, Villa Clara and Villa Chams in five dimensions of EI-associated design Villa Clara and Villa Chams (conditions of material empathy, sensory zoning, symbolic resonance, seasonality sensitivity, and social connection) takes place in this paper with the help of qualitative visual analysis and comparative scoring. Quantitative scores are represented by bar and radar charts to show the differences between the villas. Beit al Batroun is found to be the best in material empathy and symbolic resonance, Villa Clara the best in social connection and balanced sensory patterns, and Villa Chams the best in seasonal sensitivity and weak in material empathy. The findings state the EI-based design methods importance and suggest that regenerative residential architecture ought to be systematically inclusive of empathy-grounded spatial organisation, symbolic depth, and environmental sensitivity. The summary to this paper provides the hypothesis that EI provides an empirical and practical medium through which regenerative residential conditions can be achieved that can sustain well-being and cultural continuum.