Housing: a healthy habitat for pandemic?
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COVID-19, Well-being, Daylight, Privacy, HousingAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic imposed new relations between people and their living environments and challenged us to review and rethink the human habitat to accommodate and support such changes. The aim of this work is to address physical characteristics of the living environment in relation to environmental satisfaction in the context of quarantine. To this end, we present the results of a survey which was attended by 1858 people, mostly from South Brazil, conducted through an online questionnaire applied from April to May 2020, at a time of greater social isolation in the country. Participants typically evaluated their own housing in a positive way, but aspects linked to the provision of space and access to natural elements (such as plants and natural light) were among the most frequently cited as deficient characteristics of housing. In addition, inadequate lighting conditions were related to changes in sleep patterns or alertness. It was also observed that residents of houses, as well as residents of houses with more rooms, presented more positive ratings of the house as a place to spend the quarantine. These relations were discussed based on the knowledge about the role that the control of privacy and access to natural elements have for the promotion of health and well-being, and therefore, satisfaction. The study highlights the responsibility of architecture in promoting quality of life, allowing to rethink for the near future the adequacy of environmental contexts to the conditions of human inhabit.
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