THE USE OF TiO2 TECHNOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURE FOR AIR PURIFICATION IN THE CITY

Abstract

This paper explores the possibilities of the use of architectural design in benefiting the human condition in polluted cities and shows the role of art in shifting people's ideas about its influence on an urban wellbeing. The authors depict the possible usage of titanium dioxide (TiO2) technology as a component of building materials and its impact on clearing the atmosphere from nitrogen oxides. This research is focused on shaping the architectural form to promote light-active building materials for ecological thinking. The results of the academic research programme undertaken at WPUT (West Pomeranian University of Technology) in Szczecin, in cooperation with the Necmettin Erbakan University in Konya, are presented here.