Distinguished Lecture Series: Brain-based Design for Health & Wellbeing
Speakers
Dr. Eve Edelstein Ph.D. (Neurosci), M.Arch. M.Sc., F-AAA
Dr. Edelstein is CEO of Neuro-Architecture, Co-Founder of Clinicians for Design, Advisor to WELL Neurodiversity at IWBI, and faculty at NAAD, University of Venice, and POLI, Milan.
Eve’s neuroarchitectural contributions include the AIA College of Fellows Latrobe Prize on circadian design, the Berkeley Teaching Prize on Neuro-Universal Design, and as a Board member and pioneer of ANFA.
Eve’s work with Google, IWBI WELL and a National Quality Improvement Studies on noise in operating rooms with Stanford, Harvard, Vanderbilt, and others consider design for performance, neurodiversity, inclusion and wellbeing.
Collaboration and award-winning projects in the US, Canada, UK, and China span master planning through architectural and interior solutions for top-tier academic and medical centers, educational facilities, and residential settings.
Dr. Edelstein’s doctoral research and clinical service at University College London and the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and the Harvard MIT hearing sciences lab developed and used electrophysiolgical techniques to show the brain’s control of sensory function.
Dr. Anita Honkanen, MD, MS, FAAP
Dr. Honkanen is a Clinical Professor, in the department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Honkanen joined the Stanford Faculty in 2003 in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, serving as the Chief of the Division from 2006 through 2019, and splits her time between clinical care, administrative duties, and teaching.
In her role as Division Chief she developed an interest in factors that impact the wellness of her faculty members, including physical spaces, while she assisted with clinical teams on multiple built projects at the medical center.
She now acts as Associate Dean of Wellness and Student Life Advising and in that role continues her interest in understanding factors that impact students, residents and faculty members.
Dr. Honkanen’s early interest in the impact of the environment on performance reflects her work for the US Army Medical Corps as a flight surgeon in Aviation Medicine
Abstract
Although many mysteries of the brain are yet to be discovered, hundreds of years of medical and scientific study have unveiled how our brain, mind, and body respond in built and natural settings.
The contemporary field of ‘neuro-architecture’ emerged from evidence-based medicine, offering the opportunity to translate a wealth of bio-medical knowledge into brain-based design principles that can be applied to all built typologies that people inhabit.
We’ll talk about how environments affect human senses, perceptions, and performance, and how to translate that understanding into places that support neurodiverse responses and enhance wellbeing.
Examples of the measurable impact that places have on people will be discussed, revealing how neuroscience has been applied in the design of award-winning buildings for health and care, education and research, as well as in places for rest, respite and rejuvenation.
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