Designing for Tomorrow: Adapting Office Building Design to COVID

Designing for Tomorrow: Adapting Office Building Design to COVID

Given the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, buildings must adapt to provide safe and healthy spaces for workers. Adapting to COVID: Design, held on 11/10, was the final installment of a three-part virtual speaker series hosted by the Cross-Learning Alliance—a partnership between Urban Green, ASHRAE and AIA. Melissa Marsh, Principal and Founder of Plastarc, moderated the event and was joined by architects and designers to discuss the new safety features design teams are using and how they envision the building industry changing in the future. "Now the home is a mixed-use building," Dennis Weddlick (BarlisWedlick Architects LLC) stated, emphasizing the necessity to adapt our buildings to new needs and anticipate future change.

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Biophilia: Building Back to Nature

Biophilia: Building Back to Nature

The average American spends 90 percent of their life indoors. But according to biophilia principles, humans are happier when connected to nature. Is it possible to foster this feeling when we’re inside? At Urban Green’s Biophilia in Building Design and Operations event on March 4, panelists discussed how they use a biophilic mindset to reduce environmental harm and improve tenant experiences in their buildings.

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