Center for Integrated Design
January 14, 2016
Design meets health: UW College of Built Environments, School of Public Health chosen for AIA Design and Health Research Consortium
Congratulations to Heather Burpee, who will represent the College of Built Environments as part of a new national initiative seeking to translate research on how design impacts public health into architectural practice. Together with Andrew Dannenberg, Affiliate Professor in the School of Public Health and Urban Design & Planning, she has been selected to join the American Institute of Architects’ multi-school Design & Health Research Consortium. Over a three-year period, the AIA and the Architects Foundation will provide support for the new members, promoting local and national partnerships and the sharing of knowledge.
Their work focuses on health in the built environment, including using Seattle’s Bullitt Center — the greenest commercial building in the world — as a test laboratory and serving on the steering committee of the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict, a sustainability initiative in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.
Additionally, the UWToday’s news release can be found here.
