Architecture as Medicine

Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 4:35 a.m.

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Architecture using timber can improve our mental well-being and sequester carbon within our buildings. Marie-France Stendahl is an architect with White Architecture and teaches Lund University in Sweden. In this episode we discuss: the concept of using architecture as medicine to heal our mental health and opportunities for using timber to sequester carbon to heal the planet.

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Building professionals globally are turning to timber as it provides a healthier, environmentally friendly, sustainable, efficiently off-site prefabricated solution that dramatically reduces construction times and accordingly the overall cost of the project.

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If you want to find out more about the biophilic design research, go to:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/wood-at-work

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Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world\'s biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

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The WS Technical Design Guide can be found here:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/mid-rise-timber-buildings-design-guides

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