Open AccessDevelopment of Wellness Architecture
Author(s) -
Kara A. Hirano,
Naoya Kimizuka,
Koji Tanaka
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012037
Subject(s) - architectural engineering , certification , architecture , sight , plan (archaeology) , post occupancy evaluation , productivity , engineering management , thermal comfort , scale (ratio) , engineering , computer science , management , art , physics , archaeology , macroeconomics , astronomy , economics , visual arts , history , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
By using index of wellness architecture such as WELL Building Standard, Takenaka Corporation had renovated and rebuild some projects to improve comfort and intelligent productivity from 2016. The purpose of this report is to give an overview of efforts and achievement in project we’ve done. In the case of large-scale office building renovation, we aim to obtain Well Building Standard certification. We introduce the efforts in the following evaluation items, consideration for the air environment such as whole building smoking cessation and consideration for the mind such as office layout that green is in sight. In the case of rebuilding dormitory for singles, we aim to create an educational dormitory that considers physical and mental health, safety and security, and the environment. We introduce approaches such as plan to promote communication, setting of sleep specialization room as place for creating the opportunity to know one’s own health condition and sleep rhythm. In the case of medium-sized office buildings, We introduce the office layout for a smart working, such as “Workplace to choose the place according to the activity”, the introduction of the wellness air conditioning system corresponding to the thermal individual comfort and the effect verification about the worker satisfaction