health in all design: PROMOTING HEALTH, EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

 

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As we experience a global pandemic, it has become imperative that environmental designers and researchers consider health – a state of complete physical, social and mental wellbeing over time – as a critical goal for all design projects.  The pandemic has highlighted the importance of the built environment in promoting safe and healthy lifestyles by providing access to outdoors and green spaces for physical activity good air quality and building layouts that support hygienic practices indoors; and ergonomic design that promotes wellness in workplaces. The pandemic has also highlighted stark inequalities – black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) communities have been disproportionately impacted in terms of mortality, illness and unemployment. Providing access to safe and affordable housing, healthcare and health-promoting resources has never been more critical for these communities. Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity, including transportation, building construction, and operation, contribute to climate change, and the destruction of ecosystems. Designs should not only improve individual and community health, but also help preserve planetary health. Inclusive of sustainability, cities should help nurture diverse environments, cultures, and economies locally and globally. Design should also support resiliency so communities can anticipate and recover from the unknown challenges that lie ahead. This is needed now more than ever before.. Download the EDRA53  Call for Proposals.

Questions about EDRA53 Greenville? The conference committee can assist you. Just email us at conference@edra.org. 

EDRA53 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR

Lindsay McCunn, PhD, Professor

Vancouver Island University

EDRA Board Member

 

EDRA53 LOCAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Anjali Joseph, PhD, Professor,

Architecture + Health - Clemson University

Director, Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing

 

Dina Battisto, PhD, Associate Professor, 

Architecture + Health - Clemson University

 

B.D. Wortham-Galvin, PhD, Associate Professor

School of Architecture - Clemson University

Director, Resilient Urban Design

 

EDRA53 LOCAL SUPPORT TEAM

James Lyndon McCracken, MA, Project Coordinator

Architecture + Health - Clemson University

Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing

 

 

EDRA53 key dates

 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

• EDRA53 Submission portal opens. Submit your work here
  
  

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

• Due date for the following submissions: Intensives, Individual Presentations and Group Presentations.       
  
  

DECEMBER 13, 2021

• Early Bird registration opens
  

JANUARY 10, 2022

• Due date for Visual Presentations including abstracts for Posters and Digital Media Shorts
  
• Notification of acceptance for all submissions is anticipated at the end of January

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

• Due date for revisions for all abstract and paper submissions with the initial decision of Acceptance Pending Revisions.
  

 

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

• Extended deadline for Graduate Student Workshop submissions.

 

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

• Regular registration begins and Early Bird registration ends.
  

 

MARCH 31, 2022

• Due date for ALL conference presenters to register for the conference; a minimum of one author or co-author of each accepted session is required to be part of the EDRA53 program. Presenters do not have to be EDRA members, however there is a reduced registration fee for members.

 

May 2, 2022

• Due date for Visual Presentations (digital file of Poster and Digital Medial Shorts) to be uploaded.

 

JUNE 1-4, 2022

• EDRA53 Health in All Design Conference in Greenville, South Carolina.
  
  

PLEASE NOTE:  DUE DATES WILL BE STRICTLY OBSERVED. Submissions made after the due date will not be considered for review.