Architecture for Health and Well-Being: A Sustainable Approach

ISBN-13: 9781774910122 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 324 str.

Molar Orozco, María Eugenia

Opis

A unique perspective on architecture that promotes the welfare and security of those using the space. It explains from a different angle a topic that takes into consideration how to provide benefit to human beings to achieve a better quality of life within constructions. Topics include alternative materials, resilient designs.

Recenzje

“Provide[s] the reader with recent research done in Mexican universities focused on the intersection between well-being, health, and architecture. In this volume, young as well as experienced researchers make integral contributions that reflect on building, spatial qualities, materials, and comfort in order to ensure a healthier environment in housing in their region.”—From the Foreword by Catherine Ettinger Morelia, Senior Research Professor at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico

Spis treści

1. The Role of Architecture to Achieve Well-Being 2. Urban Thermal Environment: Adaptation and Health 3. The Use of Alternative Materials with Disinfectant Characteristics in the Face of the Pandemic of the SARS-CoV-2 4. Affordable Housing Resilient Design in Healthy Environments 5. Good Logistics Produces Healthy Spaces

O autorze

María Eugenia Molar Orozco, PhD, is a full professor at the School of Architecture at Autonomous University of Coahuila, México. She is a member of the National System of Researchers, level 1. She has experience in research on thermal comfort and sustainability and comfort of indoor and outdoor spaces. She is the author of three books with prestigious publishers, several journal articles and several book chapters. She has been a thesis director of MS and BSc theses and 31 BSc thesis and has developed research projects. Dr. Molar Orozco received her BSc and PhD degrees in Architecture.