Innovation Seminar Talk: Material Health/ Human Health/ Planet Health

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• Alison Mears
• Wednesday 10 November 2021, 16:00-17:30
• Online via zoom.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Alexandra Huener.

“Material Health / Human Health /Planet Health” Dr Alison Mears AIA , LEED AP Director and Co-Founder, Healthy Materials Lab

About the Talk: We will investigate the problematic relationship between human health and the built environment. Traditional definitions of sustainability situate material health within the context of the planet, its environment, and economics. My research, creative practice, and teaching explores an expanded definition of sustainability, which places human health at the centre of the system. I will present innovative strategies, tools and practices that enable architects and designers to transform their materials practices, to help design and build healthier places for all people that are also beneficial for the planet.

About the Speaker: Alison Mears is an architect, Associate Professor of Architecture, and Director and Co-Founder of Healthy Materials Lab (2015). She is co-Principal Investigator of the Healthy Affordable Materials Project (HAMP). HAMP is funded by The JPB Foundation. The Project is a coalition of four organizations who work together to detoxify the interior environments of Affordable Housing.

In the past six years, her academic research and creative practice have focused on investigating the problematic relationship between human health and the built environment. As the Director of the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design, Mears leverages her knowledge and experience as a long-term academic leader within the institution and her practice-based experience as an architect to confront one of the more serious and often overlooked environmental challenges of our time: the health of the built environment.

Previously, Alison served as the Parsons Dean of the School of Design Strategies and Director of the BFA Architectural Design and Interior Design programs. Her work draws from the long tradition at The New School University’s commitment to promoting community-based sustainability, social engagement and environmental justice. She continues to practice architecture as a partner in her own architectural practice, with an increasing focus on community-based, pro bono work.

This talk is part of the Innovation Seminar Series series.

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