The Correlation between Architecture And Human Health

Architecture is the art, which above all others, combines expression technology, and the satisfaction of human needs. Its purpose is to make places where people feel more human, more alive, more fulfilled. We spend a great amount of our time within buildings, yet we know less about how buildings and their design would effect on our health. This paper discusses some central theoretical matter in the field of environment, buildings, architecture, and their effects on human health. This paper divided into several parts to explain each factor and then extend the issue to inform the reader about all the aspects that would cause changes in human health. This article begins with a brief history of personality, architecture, buildings, environment and interior design which would influence our health. The aim of this paper is to provoke additional thinking and research on properties of the built environment that can adversely affect human health. In every section there is a link to stress to apprehend the subject better.

Keywords:

Architecture , Buildings , Stress , Human health