Can better design improve patient outcomes? Can energy-efficient architecture contribute to public health?
Over the past year, a team of architects, medical professionals and engineers, including students, from Washington University in St. Louis and Chicago-based architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) have explored these questions and more through a series of interdisciplinary design studios and seminars.
Now that research is bearing fruit. On Friday, Nov. 11, a new Smart Home for Occupational…