Housing Environments and Human Well-Being: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 August 2026 | Viewed by 800
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Housing is an important social determinant of human health and well-being yet—while individual well-being is influenced by a range of physical, social, and economic attributes of housing—the mechanisms through which specific spatial features and the operation of facilities and equipment interact with occupant behavior to shape well-being require further empirical evidence, validated across diverse contexts. This knowledge will inform the development of relevant regulations and policies that can promote healthy housing environments. This Special Issue invites original research articles investigating how housing environments shape human well-being from multidisciplinary perspectives (e.g., architecture, urban design, public health, policy studies, industrial design, engineering, anthropology, AI, robotics, etc.) using rigorous methodological approaches. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Health risk and promotive factors in housing environments;
- Cultural variations in the health–housing linkages;
- Occupant housing-related behavioral factors and well-being;
- Effectiveness of macro- and micro-scale housing interventions on well-being;
- Vulnerable population segments and stages in the life course;
- Gerontechnology and healthy aging in place;
- Application of robots and AI to housing environments and their impact on human well-being;
- Bidirectional influences between housing and well-being.
Dr. Bo Kyong Seo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- housing environments
- physical health
- mental health
- subjective well-being
- housing design
- building height and density
- age-friendly housing
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