BLOGPOST: CARMEN GARCIA SANCHEZ / DATE 07.02.2024
Danish architect Knud Friis' house in Brabrand, Denmark © Carmen García Sánchez
My presentation at "Book a Scientist in Denmark 2024" will stimulate interest in scientific perspectives on nature-connected architecture and will give some tips on how to improve our health and well-being through the experience of our own homes.
We spend up to 93% of our time indoors. The benefits of daily exposure to nature for human health and well-being are many. However, our built environment and lifestyles are leading us to an increasing alienation from nature.
Architectural spatial design can improve our health and well-being by enhancing our experience of connection with Nature. Some domestic buildings in Denmark from the 1950´s provide exemplary sensory experiences of nature connectedness, sometimes without direct visual contact with the natural setting. These landmarks offer profound lessons for our time that can be easily applied in our current domestic spaces in order to improve our health and feeling of well-being.
Focused on the 17 UN´s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
It has received funding from the European
Union’s H2020 research and innovation
programme under the MSCA grant
agreement 896651. The present action
reflects only the author’s view and it does
not engage in any way the views of the
European Commission