Building health

ArchitectureBoston | WELL Winter 2015

Design is always about transformation to an imagined future.

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Dec 01, 2015

Case study: Mattapan

ArchitectureBoston | WELL Winter 2015

Stand in Mattapan Square, and it’s easy to see where good design is needed.

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Dec 01, 2015

3 takes

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Capsule review

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Project recovery

ArchitectureBoston | WELL Winter 2015

A looming deadline kept me from my usual spot a few blocks from the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013.

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Dec 01, 2015

Perspective

ArchitectureBoston | WELL Winter 2015

Cures for an ailing world (Part 1 of 5)

The quickest fix for unhealthy architecture is to realize the client is an animal and not a machine. All “cures” follow from that. Human perception is the threshold that determines what we see, and it occurs in a brain that evolved much more slowly than our current technology.

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Light

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Cures for an ailing world (Part 2 of 5)

Sunlight is a critical contributor to human health.

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Dec 01, 2015

Trees

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Cures for an ailing world (Part 3 of 5)

In this day of over-shared celebrity playlists, I offer my ballot of places in Greater Boston that exemplify the kind of space that promotes healthy cities.

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Dec 01, 2015

Home

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Cures for an ailing world (Part 4 of 5)

People sometimes ask me why, as a practicing pediatrician, I care so much about housing.

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Dec 01, 2015

Clarity

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Cures for an ailing world (Part 5 of 5)

The building and interior spaces we create communicate with users through their architectural elements: walls, floor pattern, ceiling configuration, color, lighting, and materials.

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Dec 01, 2015

Shelter from
the storm

ArchitectureBoston | WELL Winter 2015

Sometimes, serenity presents itself where it has no right to be.

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Dec 01, 2015