1st Edition
Architecture for Health and Well-Being A Sustainable Approach
1. The Role of Architecture to Achieve Well-Being
María Eugenia Molar Orozco
2. Urban Thermal Environment: Adaptation and Health
Gonzalo Bojórquez-Morales
3. The Use of Alternative Materials with Disinfectant Characteristics in the Face of the Pandemic of the SARS-CoV-2
Rubén Salvador Roux Gutiérrez
4. Affordable Housing Resilient Design in Healthy Environments
Rolando Arturo Cubillos González
5. Good Logistics Produces Healthy Spaces
Juan Flavio Molar Orozco
Biography
María Eugenia Molar Orozco, PhD, is a full professor at the School of Architecture at Autonomous University of Coahuila, México. She is a member of the National System of Researchers, level 1. She has experience in research on thermal comfort and sustainability and comfort of indoor and outdoor spaces. She is the author of three books with prestigious publishers, several journal articles and several book chapters. She has been a thesis director of MS and BSc theses and 31 BSc thesis and has developed research projects. Dr. Molar Orozco received her BSc and PhD degrees in Architecture.
“Provide[s] the reader with recent research done in Mexican universities focused on the intersection between well-being, health, and architecture. In this volume, young as well as experienced researchers make integral contributions that reflect on building, spatial qualities, materials, and comfort in order to ensure a healthier environment in housing in their region.”—From the Foreword by Catherine Ettinger Morelia, Senior Research Professor at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico
