ElXokas is back in the news. Fortunately, this time it was not due to freezing garbage, although it is still due to something unhealthy. The formation of his new house. In fact, the ElXokas house It is a clear example that something expensive does not have to be comfortable. Possibly it is not the fault of the architects or the builders. That’s how he wanted it. However, the networks have been filled with people warning of the red flag of the home.
They are not few, according to the thread published on X (formerly Twitter) by the architect Pau M. However, with regard to the health of the placewe can mention two above all: the darkness and the absence of windows in some rooms.
Well, when we talk about darkness we refer to the natural light. In reality, ElXokas’ house is very well lit. But it mostly uses artificial lighting, mostly spotlights similar to those on a television set. This may be useful for your work, it is possible, but not so much for your health. Or for his guests, since it is precisely the guest room the one with the worst conditions. But let’s go step by step.
The lighting of the ElXokas house
In reality, ElXokas’ house has windows. In it tour what has he done streamer To show it you can see that there are several large windows. However, despite it being daytime, as can be seen when he shows the terrace, the blinds are drawn and the rooms are illuminated with a large amount of light bulbs and spotlights.
Although many of these bulbs have warm lightthere are also quite a few spotlights with whiter light. In general, all this is not beneficial for health, due to how it affects the Cardiac rhtyms. These are the rhythms that regulate many physiological functions that occur in 24 hour cycles. Of these physiological functions, the best example is sleep. The normal thing is to sleep every day, more or less at the same time, so it is done periodically, with this regularity.
These rhythms are regulated through light that reaches a brain region, called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, through the retina of the eyes. If it is detected that it is daytime, the secretion of the hormone is inhibited melatonin, responsible for promoting sleep. On the other hand, when the light falls and it is detected that it is night, it is time to sleep, so more melatonin begins to be released.
What happens if we are not exposed to daylight as seems to happen in the Xokas house? Basically, our circadian rhythms are not regulated properly, so that sleep is difficult and symptoms such as tiredness, irritability, or mood problems. All this in the short term. In the long term, other health problems can be triggered, such as cancer.
It’s not just any job
Someone with a job like ElXokas spends a lot of time at home. Therefore, it is important that your home has lots of natural lighting. Or, where appropriate, that the artificial light corresponds to the hours of the day. That is, a whiter light during the day and a warmer light at night. This is because blue light, which is whiter to the eye, is what inhibits melatonin. However, it is still essential to try, as much as possible, to make the lighting natural.
What about the guest room?
The guest room, as well as other rooms in ElXokas’ house, has no windows. It’s no longer about having the blinds down. The thing is there is no window. Therefore, to the lack of lighting we must add the absence of ventilation.
When we spend a lot of time in a room, they accumulate humidity and carbon dioxide of our breathing. Also if the person in question smokes, harmful substances accumulate from the tobacco. And, of course, in any home it is normal for them to pile up. fumes from cooking, dust, mites and microorganisms of all kinds. All this is normal in a house, it is part of the composition of its air. Therefore, a balance must be maintained with the outside air through the ventilation. It is enough to open the windows for half an hour a day for oxygen to enter, the air to be renewed and some of those aforementioned substances to go outside.
In fact, if you can form a air stream opening all the windows in the house at the same time, even better.
If this is not done properly, it is easier for moisture to accumulate, which can lead to the appearance of mold. They also worsen allergies, as well as other respiratory problems, and illnesses can occur due to possible airborne pathogens. This doesn’t always happen, of course, but if there is someone sick at home, ventilation is even more essential.
Therefore, a bedroom should always have windows. If not, it cannot even be considered as such. The guest room of the ElXokas house does not invite comfort to their visitors, who will have a giant screen, a huge bed, air conditioning and a bathroom to themselves, but not something as essential as a window to regulate their circadian rhythms and breathe better.