Designer Kelly Hendrickson and NAC had a vision for a space to help reduce trauma in children, a place to make children and their parents/caregivers feel calmer and gain a sense of control. Hear how they partnered with Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery in Spokane WA to deliver a Stay Play Learn Indoor Garden and bring this vision to reality.

The conversation about social interaction and building community in the workplace has dominated the landscape recently. Is it why people are coming back to the workplace? Gensler design strategists Amin Mojtahedi and Oliatan Awomolo test that hypothesis and take a look at what people mean by social interaction in the workplace from a Social Network Analysis perspective. And are there more desirable networks of work that can evolve if employees are invited to help build them? This conversation is rich and relevant.

The creation of caring, inclusive, participatory communities fosters deep learning and a sense of well-being in learning environments. The Artik research team shares their insights and perspectives with us on how built environments can support the creation of a sense of community. And they review evidence-based interventions and strategies to support this which can be found in a website they built for the design and educational communities.

Interested in future of retail brick and morter, the mashup of retail, workplace and hospitality, or the future of urban downtown areas? If so, you’ll want to listen in to some great stories in this episode. Brand strategist, consumer trend expert, architect and master storyteller, Joan Insel, meanders with us through her delightful observations and well informed experiences.

You want the places where you work to support your health and wellness, right? Workplace strategist Kelly Griffin chats with us about the evolution and the science behind creating healthy human workplaces. From our beginnings in the savannah, molecular biology Brain Rules, and the 90:15 equation, there’re some great nuggets here to help make your workplace more human.

Grab a cup of coffee. Architect, Interior Designer, Educator, Author, Editor and Advocate, Annie Chu shares her passions about the evolving balance between architecture and interior design, the state of design education, new and changing definitions for space and place, the economic and class discrimination aspects of the Interior Design licensure, Unmentionables and so much more.

Devin Liddell spends all day thinking about what’s coming next, what the future might hold for his clients, their businesses and each of us. And when he’s talking about mobility, the seemingly limitless possibilities range from moving people, materials or information using emerging technologies and the impact that may have on place. If you’re interested in the metaverse, vertiports, autonomous mobility, or the Jetsons, don’t miss this podcast!

AIA SF Future Classroom Competition winner Richard Berliner joins us to share how firm is transforming the landscape of education and meeting the challenges in today’s learning environments and their communities. Spoiler alert: the Magic School Bus plays a part.

Our conversation with James Pease, Executive Director - Design and Construction at UCSF Medical Center will energize you. A passionate advocate for LEAN Construction and Integrated Project Delivery, James is committed to driving down the cost of construction to do his part in increasing access to quality healthcare for all.

Healthcare and senior living design firm Boulder Associates explored the challenge of measuring the impact on the person from human-environment interactions and then visualizing that data as a journey map. Meredith Banasiak and Jenny Hastings share their research into mood mapping a cohort of remote workers to evaluate impacts from their environments and activities.