RT Journal Article
T1 Towards a Healthy Architecture: A New Paradigm in the Design and Construction of Buildings.
A1 Quesada-García, Santiago
A1 Valero-Flores, Pablo
A1 Lozano-Gómez, María
K1 Construcción - Desarrollo
K1 Salud pública
K1 Vivienda y salud
K1 Alzheimer, Enfermedad de - Aspectos ambientales
AB The recent COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed a new awareness of what living and workingspaces should look like from a different perspective, and healthier cities and architecture have arisenbecause of inescapable public demand. Society has become clearly aware that there are still unhealthyconcentrations within its environment. Spaces in cities are still being built that can favour the spreadof diseases, in addition to using harmful construction materials. Living spaces must not only besustainable, functional, and aesthetically beautiful but also comfortable, safe, and accessible, and,above all, they must be healthy. Healthy architecture has emerged as a new paradigm. This isthe subject area of this work. This paper describes and develops the nature of this concept andproposes a novel definition of healthy architecture, aiming to compile state-of-the-art knowledgewith a qualitative empirical and multi-method process, using case studies. This article providesa global perspective on new approaches and proposes a Decalogue with the basic principles thatan environment or building must comply with in order to be healthy. The main contribution is toestablish the basis for the creation of a new healthy architecture epistemology, focussing on cognitive,emotional, and physiological stimuli. This paper can help health professionals, designers, andarchitects, as well as companies and public administrations, to follow an innovative path in theplanning of healthier cities and buildings.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-08-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31460
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31460
LA eng
NO Quesada-García, S., Valero-Flores, P., & Lozano-Gómez, M. (2023b). Towards a Healthy Architecture: A New Paradigm in the Design and Construction of Buildings. Buildings, 13(8), 2001. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13082001
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026