Design and Health

Faculty working in Design and Health harness their expertise, innovative thinking, and integrative approaches to design and research in ways that empower the pursuit of health equity and improved health outcomes. Faculty explore urban design and land-use, housing, wearable devices, furniture, ergonomics, immersive spaces and XR, hospital and care facility design, institutional buildings, and public policy. Partnerships, participatory design, and critical, systematic inquiry guide their work to emphasize holistic approaches that rejuvenate communities and individuals, creating dynamic spaces where health and well-being can flourish.

Faculty

Robert Adams
Associate Professor of Architecture Architecture
Sean Ahlquist
Director of Master of Science, Digital Materials Technology , Associate Professor of Architecture Architecture, Master of Science: Digital and Material Technologies, Ph.D. in Architecture
María Arquero de Alarcón
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Master of Urban Design
Lesli Hoey
Director of Doctoral Studies in Urban and Regional Planning , Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Urban and Regional Planning, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Lauren Hood
Assistant Professor of Practice in Urban and Regional Planning Urban and Regional Planning
Portrait of Lauren Hood
Andrew Ibrahim
Associate Professor of Architecture, Associate Professor of Surgery Architecture
Lars Junghans
Associate Professor of Architecture Architecture, Ph.D. in Architecture
Joy Knoblauch
Associate Professor of Architecture Architecture, Ph.D. in Architecture
Larissa Larsen
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Bachelor of Science in Urban Technology, Urban and Regional Planning, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Upali Nanda
Professor of Practice in Architecture Architecture, Ph.D. in Architecture
Catie Newell
Professor of Architecture Architecture, Master of Science: Digital and Material Technologies
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker
Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning Urban and Regional Planning, Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning
Jonathan Rule
Assistant Professor of Practice Architecture
Kathy Velikov
Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice , Professor of Architecture Architecture, Master of Science: Digital and Material Technologies

Additional Information

Featured News and Projects

U-M Poll Involving Nanda, Ibrahim Shows Inequality among Older Adults’ Ability to Isolate a COVID-19-positive Person

Knoblauch: Disrupting Cultural Norms for Wellness

What comes next? A Surgeon’s 3 predictions for the future of healthcare design

Health & Design Fellowship

Two year fellowship designed to train architects in rigorously quantitative analytics and econometrics to handle large datasets with the ultimate goal to evaluate and improve our design.

Health and Design Quantitative Lab Meeting
(Wednesdays, 1pm)

Weekly meeting where students fellowship present their research-in-progress for collaborative feedback. Contact iandrew@umich.edu to attend

Health and Architecture CrossRoads
(Every other Friday, 9am)

Multidisciplinary meeting to organize and coordinate health and design events, contact Joy Knoblauch (jknoblau@umich.edu)