SEATTLE: Architects are heeding evidence-based lessons. The over 60s, on average, spend around 90 percent of their time indoors, and now architects have found inspiration in this somewhat glum fact. The architects who design working and living quarters are starting to see all these confined hours as a major opportunity for them to make a meaningful impact on public health.
A proposed study will examine topics ranging from the microbiome of buildings to “tele-health” for rural communities to reducing stress via design.
The study will focus on how surroundings might influence health and wellbeing…