Architects and Designers Urge Action on Healthier Policy Priorities

In the wake of the pandemic, designers and architects are rethinking and inventing innovative solutions for nearly every sector of design from hospitality, restaurants, workplace experience, and landscape architecture. According to the World Health Organization, 19 percent of factors that affect our health and well-being are directly related to the built environment, making architects and designers key to protecting public health.

In light of a recent letter recognizing the possibility of airborne transmission of the virus, indoor air quality proves to be a top priority, but it is just one facet of the many ways the built environment affects public health.

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Cite: Leilah Stone. "Architects and Designers Urge Action on Healthier Policy Priorities" 03 Sep 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/946945/architects-and-designers-urge-action-on-healthier-policy-priorities> ISSN 0719-8884

The Sonoma Academy Janet Durgin Guild & Commons, designed by WRNS, is a mixed-mode project with radiant heat in the floor and spaces augmented with 100% filtered outside air system. Image © Michael Davis Rose

建筑师正呼吁:我们应采取更健康的政策

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