Material Health: Design Frontiers | Keynote

As architects and designers, we often design without considering the complex environmental implications of our important decisions. An unwillingness to understand the consequences of all of our actions is having a profound impact on the planet’s ecosystem and on human health. Design decisions affect the construction and manufacturing industries and have an adverse impact on the planet and on our health. We must do things differently. We need to identify viable alternatives to our current carbon-intensive construction products and practices. Full Program here: https://healthymaterialslab.org/education/events/materialhealth-designfrontiers?schedule=true PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN | http://newschool.edu/parsons November 14-15, 2019 66 West 12th Street, Auditorium New York, NY 10011