{"id":10840,"date":"2023-07-28T18:41:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slowstudio.es\/news\/healthy-homes-in-hola-magazine"},"modified":"2023-07-28T18:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:41:38","slug":"healthy-homes-in-hola-magazine","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/www.slowstudio.es\/en\/news\/healthy-homes-in-hola-magazine","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Homes in Hola! magazine!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hola! magazine’s digital edition features an article on HEALTH AND WELLBEING AT HOME<\/a>, which featured our studio as an expert in sustainable, ecological, and healthy architecture. This Spanish weekly publication has an international reach and specializes in topics such as fashion, beauty, and design. <\/p>\n

In the article, we answer a series of questions about aspects to consider to ensure health and wellbeing in the spaces we inhabit:<\/p>\n

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What are the essential steps or aspects for a home to ensure our wellbeing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The comfort of a space is defined by humidity, temperature, and air current velocity.<\/p>\n

Thus, ensuring our wellbeing is synonymous with ensuring hygrothermal comfort through passive systems such as cross-ventilation, solar gain, bioclimatic patios, green roofs, or the use of breathable and hygrothermal materials.<\/p>\n

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And our health? Is there anything that differs from the previous question related to wellbeing? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The health of an indoor environment is closely related to air quality, which directly depends on its renewal to limit the presence of CO2<\/sub> and also the presence of other polluting substances, such as toxins found in building materials, paints, furniture, or cleaning products.<\/p>\n

Today, however, it must be considered that the concept of health must be viewed holistically, so we must not only take into account our physical health but also emotional health and social health, according to the most recent definition by the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

Therefore, not only living in an environment free of pollutants both outside and inside our home, but also having access to green and natural spaces where we can interact with a stable community of people, is the primary premise for ensuring our health from a holistic perspective. We must consider all scales, from the urban scale at the level of city planning and green areas, the neighborhood scale where spaces for neighborly interaction are generated, and the home scale where we can have a greater impact. <\/p>\n

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Can everyone have a home that ensures wellbeing and health? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The quality of a home, its health and wellbeing, is defined by the external environmental conditions, the internal sanitary conditions, and the building’s layout and construction system.<\/p>\n

Generally, if we live in a healthy, low-pollution environment with vegetation, and our house has good sun exposure and the possibility of natural ventilation with fresh, healthy air, we already have a good part of the equation won.<\/p>\n

Conversely, if we live in an urban environment with high levels of pollution, without vegetation, or in a home without direct sun exposure, then we will have little impact on our quality of life, no matter how many small actions we take to avoid toxins or pollutants in the home. If our refuge is not located in an appropriate, healthy place, with sun, vegetation, and the possibility of community interaction, our quality of life will be conditioned by factors beyond our control. <\/p>\n

In situations where we have solar radiation and a natural, unpolluted environment, with access to public spaces for interaction that allow us to enjoy community life, it is possible to take small steps to improve wellbeing and health at home without a large investment, by utilizing outdoor air for renewal through ventilation, reducing the presence of toxins and pollutants inside the home, improving efficiency through passive systems, promoting the presence of vegetation, or fostering community relationships.<\/p>\n

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Where to start making your house healthy when it is already built and inhabited?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WHO estimates that we spend 90% of our time indoors and that these spaces are usually 4 to 5 times more polluted than the outdoor environment. This situation is caused by some of the following factors: <\/p>\n