ConcreteHuman

A photography exhibition on the built environment and human health

Concrete Human shows how buildings affect the people who live and work in them.

Two people walking along a quiet shopping street in light snow, in black and white
Concrete Human: 'More than just a human being', from the series Adjacent Solitude by the Norwegian photographer André Clemetsen.
A woman crouching against a wall on a wet street corner at night, in black and white

The first series: Adjacent Solitude.

39 photographs and 25 poems on loneliness in the built environment, by the Norwegian photographer André Clemetsen.

concretehuman.com

We founded Concrete Human together with The Built Review, the Norwegian photographer André Clemetsen and Ola Elvestuen, Norway's former Minister of Climate and Environment.

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The aim

Making the effect of buildings on people visible

The built environment affects health, concentration and behaviour. Concrete Human shows this in images.

A child in a warm jacket sitting on a stone step in front of a wooden house, in black and white
Concrete Human: 'The gutter was my playground', from the series Adjacent Solitude by the Norwegian photographer André Clemetsen.

The archive of The Built Review holds more than 15,000 published studies on how buildings affect people.
Little of this research reaches the public.
Concrete Human brings it to a wider audience.

Nature

In one study, people recovered faster from stress when they heard the sounds of nature.

Alvarsson and colleagues, 2010, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

A woman in a dress standing at the edge of a dark sea under storm clouds, in black and white
Concrete Human: 'The sea gives me dreams', from the series Adjacent Solitude by the Norwegian photographer André Clemetsen.
Indoors

Americans spend 87% of their time inside buildings.

Klepeis and colleagues, 2001, Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

A man sitting alone at the foot of a stone staircase between brick walls, in black and white
Concrete Human: 'My legs are so tired', from the series Adjacent Solitude by the Norwegian photographer André Clemetsen.
About Concrete Human

We founded Concrete Human to show how the built environment affects human health. Applying this knowledge benefits the people in a building and those who invest in it.

Christian Huser, co-founder

See the exhibition.

The first series and all future exhibitions are published at concretehuman.com.

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