The “right to light” originated as a social law established in the Ancient Roman Empire to protect every citizens’ right to access natural light in their living milieu. Our contemporary society, presumed to be more scientific and refined, has shown no amelioration on this law. Instead, investors and scientists delved into ways to provide an alternative to natural elements, such as light and nature, by replacing it with modern artificial ones able to offer an approximatively equal effect. If the light was noticeably important enough to establish a law, doesn’t this make it entitled to a deeper understanding of the ways it affects our health?
If a light-conscious architecture is proven to have healing effects, must Architects bear the same accountability, as doctors, when it comes to our wellbeing?
