Research Design Connection: Natural Light and Health
Boubekri and colleagues make a health-based case for designing access to natural light into structures. As they report, “daylight…is vital to our lives…impacting circadian rhythm and…producing vitamin D through our skin…buildings play a significant role in controlling how much daylight people are exposed to…Zoning regulations ought to be concerned with the fact that without sufficient daylight in the street, it is not possible to have sufficient daylight inside our buildings…Urban design and urban zoning legislation are as important as the building itself…Building designers and developers need to provide architectural solutions that give building users the opportunity to access unfiltered sunlight by providing balconies and terraces without having to leave the buildings. Only direct contact of the skin with the sun produces the vitamin D levels that we need on a daily basis.” Mohamed Boubekri, Nastaran Shishegar, and Thulasi Khamma. 2017. “Sustainability with Health in Mind: A Case for Daylighting.” International …
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