Safe houses and green architecture: Reflections on the lessons of the chemically sensitive

Journal of Architectural Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 207-215

  Wasley, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 61049341132     PISSN: 10464883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/104648800564617     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. This article represents a significant reworking of a previously published conference paper by James Wasley, "The Nuanced Relationship of Technical and Spiritual Aims: The Architecture of the Chemically Sensitive Community as it relates to Eco-Design" Proceedings - HOPES 1996 Eco-Design Arts Conference (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1996)
2. See, for example, David Pearson, The Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy, Harmonious, and Ecologically Sound Home Environment (New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1989), pp. 241-242
3. This is also true to an extent in David Rousseau and James Wasley, Healthy By Design: Building and Remodeling Solutions for Creating Healthy Homes (Vancouver: Hartley and Marks, 1997) in as much as the book is aimed at a larger audience than those with severe chemical sensitivities
4. Nicholas Ashford and Claudia Miller, Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991), p. 5
5. Personal conversations with Claudia Miller, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Miller discusses some recent hypotheses in her keynote presentation "Chemical sensitivity: Perspectives from North America and Europe," Proceedings of Healthy Buildings '95: An International Conference on Healthy Buildings in Mild Climates. (Milan, 1995), pp. 49-68
6. See James Wasley, "Environments for the chemically sensitive as models of healthy building construction: Eight case studies from an architectural perspective." Proceedings of Healthy Buildings '95: An International Conference on Healthy Buildings in Mild Climates. (Milan, 1995), pp. 475-480
7. See James Wasley, "Environments for the chemically sensitive as models of healthy building construction: Issues of ventilation." Proceedings - 1997 ACSA Technology Conference, (1997)
8. See James Wasley, "Environments for the chemically sensitive as models of healthy building construction: Issues of space planning." Proceedings - 1996 ACSA Technology Conference, (1996)
9. Mary Oetzel, personal interview, (1994). A more complete discussion of the Oetzel house can be found in Rousseau and Wasley, Healthy by Design, pp. 121-128
10. Catherine and John Nelms and Oliver Drerup, Drerup Armstrong Ltd., personal interview (1994)