Focus Area
Design + Well-Being

The recent COVID pandemic has highlighted the need for innovative thinking and integrative approaches to design in pursuit of health equity and improved health outcomes. Courses in this area bridge urban design and land-use, housing, disability studies, wearable devices, furniture, ergonomics, immersive spaces and XR, hospital and care facility design, institutional buildings, and public policy. 

Elective Courses

  • ARCH 409, Health By Design II
  • ARCH 506, Theories of Design Health
  • ARCH 507, Augmented Tectonics
  • ARCH 603, Architecture and Psychology
  • ARCH 609, Disability Studies

Research Clusters and Initiatives

Design and Health
Heat, Health, and the Built Environment
Health by Design
Lab for Material Architectures

Faculty

Robert Adams
Associate Professor of Architecture
Sean Ahlquist
Director of Master of Science, Digital Materials Technology , Associate Professor of Architecture
Joy Knoblauch
Associate Professor of Architecture
Julia McMorrough
Associate Professor in Architecture
Upali Nanda
Professor of Practice in Architecture
Jonathan Rule
Associate Professor of Practice