Architectural design can change the indoor microbiome and create healthier spaces

How can we design and use our buildings and homes to be more like our favorite outdoor places?
The built environment is its own ecosystem, and architectural features in the indoor environment can change the microbiome living there. By studying our building microbiomes we can understand how architectural decisions impacts our health and well-being by designing the unseen world around us. For example, architectural decisions can mediate the spread of viruses like coronavirus or C. diff. Architectural design influences the types of bacteria and viruses in the built environment.
University of Oregon architecture professor Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg explains how the design of buildings can mitigate the spread of bacteria and viruses indoors and create healthier spaces for us to work and live.
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[@davidhoover2446]

Absolutely. Filtration, ventilation, and humidity control are now well known and needed in indoor spaces, but we need to know more about the microbiome. At home we've started using only probiotic cleaners after learning about biofilms and how antibiotic cleaners don't work anyway and actually strengthen biofilms and pathogens.

[@TheKoeko]

All you need to do is to install powerful exhaust system on the ceiling or on the floor, not on the wall, and the exhaust duct will be equipped with heating system powerful enough to kill the virus instantly. The aircon system will be installed opposite side of the exhaust system, again not on the wall.
The whole idea is to create a vertical ventilation system in a room instead of horizontal ventilation system which can spread the virus to adjacent person.

[@lakshmivj711]

Hello Sir, Can I use a part of this video for an open source Research Project on effects of Covid-19 on Public Spaces?

[@uoregon]

We are a public university. As long as your project isn't for profit feel free to use part of this video in your presentation.