The Secret Life Of Buildings
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- Episode
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- Broadcast Info
- 2011 (48 mins)
- Description
- Our most intimate spaces are our most neglected. Why don’t UK architects engage with the homes most of us live in? What does that say about our attitude to the most important space in our life? And what is that doing to us? Tom explores how the design of our homes works secretly to influence our behaviour. Light, room size, layout, proportion, materials all have measurable effects on our lives. So why do we accept the smallest windows and the smallest room sizes in Europe? And what can we do about it? His conclusion is provocative - if architects don’t radically change what they’re doing and their attitude to our homes they will soon be a redundant luxury. And if we don’t get a grip and demand more we deserve all we get.
- Genre
- Architecture; Design; Technology
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The Open University, "The Secret Life Of Buildings". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/82098 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)