door Michiel Morel
- Author(s)
- Xhulio Binjaku
- Publication
- : e flux, 2022
- Scope
- 11 Pages, illustrated, 30 cm.
- Carrier
- printed article
Xhulio Binjaku traces how a desire for sunlight exposure affected architectural design, artfully connecting architectural, environmental, and medical history in the process. Binjaku begins the essay discussing the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 and the reaction of John Ruskin who viewed the volcanic eruption as akin to the industrial pollution of Great Britain: a burden to the English body both physically and mentally. This growing concern about air quality coincided with increased research into ricketts and tuberculosis and the development of phototherapy and heliotherapy, and eventually the discovery of Vitamin D.” (https://niche-canada.org/2022/05/03/envhist-worth-reading-april-2022/ Jessica DeWitt)
- Keywords
- glass architecture , health
- Location
- Cabinet 15 - 2: Architectuur en Kunst
