What “Sick Buildings” Are and What They Do to People

The presentation given by Dr. Georgios Konstantinou at the "Therapeutic Architecture" conference, held during the 5th ART4MORE festival.

What “Sick Buildings” Are and What They Do to People
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On Friday 7 October, as part of the international “ART4MORE” festival, the conference “Therapeutic Architecture, Landscape and the Therapeutic Garden” took place.

One of the topics discussed by Dr. Georgios Konstantinou (occupational physician) was Sick Buildings.

In this 12-minute video of his presentation, Dr. Konstantinou discusses indoor pollution in buildings and the factors that make them “sick”, as well as their effects on human skin and the respiratory system.

He analyses the substances present in the space and the symptoms they cause.

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Manos Lianopoulos

Manos Lianopoulos is a Content & Digital Strategy Specialist, founder of INTRIGUE Digital and creator of FLASHLIGHT and Tripment. He believes good design and the right light change the way we experience a space, and here he writes about architecture, lighting and the ideas that make everyday life better. When he isn’t shaping content strategies, you’ll find him on the road on his motorbike, filming new episodes of Tripment.