A certification system that assesses how a building affects human health across ten concepts: air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort, sound, materials, mind and community.
Definition
Unlike environmental certifications, WELL does not measure the building's impact on the planet but on the body of the person using it.
Private homes are rarely formally certified, but we use the framework as a project checklist: it is the most complete list of decisions with clinical evidence behind them.
Related entities
Biophilic design: A design strategy that reintroduces natural patterns — light, planting, living materials, water, views — into built space to improve the wellbeing of the people who use it. (Linked · Shared pages · Cross-mentioned)
Indoor air quality: The set of parameters — CO₂, PM2.5, volatile organic compounds, relative humidity — that determine whether the air in a home supports or degrades the health of its occupants. (Linked · Shared pages)
Daylight and lighting design: Planning daylight and artificial light together: orientation, solar control, colour temperature, task levels and scenes that follow the circadian rhythm. (Linked · Shared pages)
Natural materials: Stone, solid timber, lime, linen, wool and brass: mineral or plant-based materials that age into patina instead of degrading. (Shared pages)
Barcelona: The studio's main base and the European city with the highest density of heritage-grade modernista housing: Eixample, Sarrià, Pedralbes and the upper city. (Shared pages · Cross-mentioned)
Architectural acoustics: The discipline that controls how sound behaves inside a space: reverberation, speech intelligibility, isolation between rooms and background noise from services. (Shared pages)