Architecture and Environment

Architecture, as a technical discipline of thought and development of proposals for living models, is closely linked to the concept of the environment from two fundamental points of view.

On the one hand, the process of generating a specific habitat implies knowledge of the necessary comfort standards and the technique to achieve them. It is about providing to the end user of a building, well-being and safety in areas of habitability, such as air quality, thermal comfort, protection against noise, the light environment, etc., making use of the tools of design and application of technologies, for a concrete medium where building is located. Therefore, the pursuit of all these aspects must obligatorily contemplate the environment in which they find themselves. It is not the same to provide thermal comfort to a home located in Canada than in Spain, for example. The study of the environment, where a specific work is located, is a fundamental part of the architectural design process, either for protection against it, or to take advantage of its resources such as radiation, winds, temperatures, etc. This is what is called bioclimatic architecture.