Social Issues

Apart from the environmental and economic issues discussed in the preceding chapters, also social and cultural implications of a particular building project need to be taken into account if an all-encompassing sustainability is to achieved. These include the building’s impact upon the living environment, its influence upon the cultural context in which the user is embedded, the latter’s perception of the aesthetics, the spatial configuration, the tactile quality of the surrounding surfaces, the acoustic quality of spaces, as well as many others. The final goal of this design task is ensuring a maximum of psychological and physiological well-being of the user.