Building the Future: An Evalution on Daylight and COVID-19 in Residental Buildings

• Main Authors: Ruşen Yamaçlı, Gülten Şentürk Sipahi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Süleyman Demirel University 2021-07-01
• Series: Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications
• Subjects: konut binaları; covid-19 pandemisi; sağlık; refah; gün ışığı; residential buildings; covid-19 pandemic; health; well-being; daylight
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mbud/issue/62362/874426

Even before the COVID-19 epidemic, people spent 90% of their time indoor. For now, they are spending more time at their home than ever before while working and continuing their education. This situation requires a reconsider of the design and planning of residential buildings. Although there are not only epidemic times, COVID-19 and the quarantine process pose a problem in the entire built environment, it is a warning about the necessity of protecting human health indoors, especially residential buildings. Even if the pandemic process ends, it is certain that the understanding of architecture will not be the same as before. In this article, human health and the effects of COVID-19 in residential buildings were investigated and the importance of daylight lighting, which is an important component of indoor environment quality, as a potential solution for future housing concept has been revealed.