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Designing for Impact: Tools for Reducing Disparities in Health
Author(s) -
Phillips Brian,
Katz Deb
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2321
Subject(s) - studio , architectural engineering , equity (law) , neighbourhood (mathematics) , physical activity , health equity , public relations , efficient energy use , business , sociology , engineering , public health , political science , medicine , law , nursing , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , mathematics , electrical engineering , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Our living environments can play a crucial part in our health – physical, emotional and psychological. But these impacts cannot be so easily and quickly measured or anticipated as, say, build costs or energy efficiency. How, then, can architects ensure that the housing they design will be health enhancing? Philadelphia‐based architectural practice Interface Studio Architects (ISA) has been developing tools for this purpose through a range of recent projects, public and private. The firm's principals Brian Phillips and Deb Katz describe the resulting strategies that are encouraging physical activity, nurturing residents' sense of wellbeing and inviting wider neighbourhood interaction for greater health equity.