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Reconsidering the Unity of Health and Environment |
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We ought to plan the ideal of our city with an eye to four considerations. The first, as being the most indispensable, is health. Aristotle Politics (ca. 350 B.C.)
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Research has shown that there are connections between human health and the natural, designed and social environments. When speaking about environmental health today, people typically refer to the establishment and maintenance of healthy livable environments for human beings – a potentially daunting task given the challenges of population growth, urban sprawl and energy use.
The main intent for my upper-level architecture studios is to explore the relationships between health and the designed environment. To this effect students will generate design proposals at various scales for environments that can support healthy ways of life. Design proposals not only address common architectural concerns such as concept, function and structure, but they will also explore humanist issues and design principles that assist in the creation of therapeutically supportive environments.
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for further information: The Anthroposophic Therapy Center for Ann Arbor, Michigan
Farmers Market for Manhattan, Kansas
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