The title of the seminar that David Gale presented at the event was 'Building Biology - Healthy Buildings'.
Building Biology is defined as the study of the holistic interrelationships between humans and their living environment.
The movement was founded in Germany by a group of professionals in the 1960s from a variety of disciplines concerned about the inability of post war housing to support health and ecology. It has grown to other countries and now is a recognised authority on healthy buildings.
David started his career as a Biologist, studying Applied Biological Studies at Bristol, then continued his studies to become an Architect. He has always been interested in how our living environment effects and influences us and from Gale & Snowden's inception over 20 years ago, we have attempted to put into practice many principles embodying a healthy building approach to all our work.
The presentation was an introduction to Building Biology, aimed at the general public. The talk reviewed the key concepts that underpin Building Biology and then explained the four interrelating elements that Building Biology considers: Air Quality; Water Quality; Materials; and Energy (Electromagnetic Radiation). The talk also presented a number of Gale & Snowden built projects as case study examples.
There are many aspects about our build environment that we should be concerned with when it comes to our health and the health of our ecology. Often people are unaware that their built environment can be detrimental to their health.
"We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us" (Winston Churchill).
So the question is - How is your home or workplace shaping you? You can find out and then choose to make things better.
The 'Building Biology - Healthy Buildings' presentation is available to look at below.
If you are interested in finding out more about healthy buildings please visit our webpage, and we would be happy to hear from you - please email us.
