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Architectural Epidemiology

Architecture as a Mechanism for Designing a Healthier, More Sustainable, and Resilient World

Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP, and Carlos Castillo-Salgado, MD, JD, MPH, DrPH

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How to create healthier, sustainable, and resilient communities using place-based design strategies.

In a world where real estate development often overlooks the critical link between our built environment and public health, architectural epidemiology has emerged as a groundbreaking field that reimagines how to design, build, and inhabit our spaces. Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado bridge the gap between two disparate fields to propose a new, transdisciplinary approach aimed at fostering community and planetary health.

Architectural Epidemiology leverages building design, renovation...

How to create healthier, sustainable, and resilient communities using place-based design strategies.

In a world where real estate development often overlooks the critical link between our built environment and public health, architectural epidemiology has emerged as a groundbreaking field that reimagines how to design, build, and inhabit our spaces. Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado bridge the gap between two disparate fields to propose a new, transdisciplinary approach aimed at fostering community and planetary health.

Architectural Epidemiology leverages building design, renovation, and operations to improve health outcomes among building occupants and in the surrounding community. Drawing from both environmental and applied social epidemiology, this novel approach deploys a problem-solving methodology to identify the evidence-based strategies in building design and operations that could lead to positive or negative health outcomes by reducing exposure to environmental hazards and promoting healthy behaviors. The authors illustrate how thoughtful, place-based design can mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, chronic diseases, and other public health challenges. Real-world examples from diverse settings demonstrate the practical application of architectural epidemiology and its impacts on community and planetary health. Practical tools and infographics translate complex scientific data into actionable design strategies, helping professionals from various disciplines collaborate effectively.

The principles and applications of architectural epidemiology can drive meaningful action on climate change, sustainable development, and environmental justice while improving public health outcomes and transforming our built environment into a healthier, more equitable world.

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Real estate development is routinely disconnected from social and environmental context—the building in one realm, community needs in another. This brilliant book stitches the two together using the principles of epidemiology, with benefits for health, equity, climate resilience, and sustainability. Wonderfully readable, beautifully illustrated—and highly recommended.

The way buildings are built and managed has a direct impact on our health. This helpful book provides a step-by-step guide to ensuring new or renovated buildings respond to community and environmental needs. Full of illustrations and rich explanations, this resource is a must-have for architects, real estate developers, public health leaders, students, and anyone striving to improve the health of people and the planet.

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11
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320
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9781421450698
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36 color photos, 55 color illus.
Table of Contents

List of Figures, Diagrams, Boxes, and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. An Introduction to Architectural Epidemiology
2. Introduction to Metrics for Built Environment Professionals
Architectur

List of Figures, Diagrams, Boxes, and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. An Introduction to Architectural Epidemiology
2. Introduction to Metrics for Built Environment Professionals
Architectural Epidemiology Toolbox
3. Architectural Epidemiology at Each Phase of the Project Delivery Process
4. Applying Architectural Epidemiology to Different Contract and Financing Structures
5. Looking Ahead to the Future of Architectural Epidemiology
Technical Appendices to Chapter 2
Glossary
References
Index

Author Bios
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Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP

Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP, is the President of Biositu, LLC whose research turns small-scale interventions to the built environment into large-scale action on climate change, chronic disease, and mental health.