Communities which design their own buildings are more likely to be happy and healthy“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,” said Winston Churchill. According to Darwinian theory, all animals should be attracted to the sort of settings they excel in. We can’t swim, fly or smell very well, but we glide gracefully through seas and skies of information – our special super power. To build a resilient future, we must take an active role in the shaping of our own environments – the shaping of us. The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Structure our Lives, Behaviour, and Well-being by Lily Bernheimer is published by Constable & Robinson at £14.99.

Source: The Guardian November 26, 2017 06:00 UTC