We are extending the functionalities of the AI-assisted Stanford Online Deliberation Platform, to create a tool that cities and communities worldwide can easily implement infrastructure development challenges ranging from affordable housing to large-scale data centers.

The Hybrid Physical+Digital Spaces (HPDS) collaboration is developing an intelligent home sensing system to help older adults age in place and ease the strain on healthcare systems. We aim to design ambient intelligence within built environments to support older adult care as well as provide upskilling of personal health aides to improve their career opportunities and outcomes.

The Nature Identity project develops a new framework for understanding how people come to define, experience, and internalize nature as part of who they are. Our aim is to ground a theory of Nature Identity that can inform how we design built environments where nature is woven into the fabric of everyday life.

The Urban Nature Identity Study investigates how the practice of noticing everyday nature shapes wellbeing, connection to nature, and our sense of what nature is. Using a two-week smartphone-based study in partnership with Gehl, we aim to understand how directed noticing and design tools can transform cities into spaces of connection between people, place, and planet.

This project, led by Prof. Catherine Gorlé, aims to (1) better understand the implementation challenges of natural cooling, and (2) design solutions and policies to address them by working closely with occupants, building designers, and policy makers.

A suite of human-centered, techno-biophilic digital-physical interventions, known as Biophilic Illusions, are being designed to enhance human-building interaction by incorporating ambient reflections of nature into built environments.

This study explores the multidimensional impacts of sustainable retrofits on older adult resident wellbeing. We aim to develop actionable insights and a framework for future human-centric sustainable retrofit design.

This project led by Prof. Jade Benjamin-Chung (Department of Epidemiology) employs a planetary health framework to jointly investigate whether “green” concrete floors made with an alternative cement mix can improve child health while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.