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A healthy architecture for Men and Nature
A built project can affect both people’s health as well
as the health of natural resources. The concept of health
should be considered not only in a medical sense, but
also in terms of social welfare, equal access to urban
facilities, public space and transport. The needs of people
as part of a community rather than individuals have
been analyzed and discussed since the early post war
period, particularly by the English architect and planner
Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, whose work is still underestimated to
the historical tradition.
A step ahead: the debate spreads out
An important aspect in the development of sustainability
in architecture was the enlargement of the ecological
debate at international level. The role of the United
Nations was central in the promotion of policies and
campaigns for a better relationship between man-made
space and natural environment. Through conferences
and field missions, the UN brought up the sustainability
issue in the international arena and formalized concepts
that came to be part of our common vocabulary.
During one UN field mission in New Delhi in 1954 entitled
“Housing and Community Improvement in Asia and the
Far East”, Jaqueline Tyrwhitt promoted the use of local
materials and skills to build houses for poor people. As
a result of a seminar two houses (costing 1000 $ each)
were built as pilots for showing a new conception of
architecture in needy context.
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