Who Is This Space For? Designing Environments that Welcome, Include & Support Human Life (LID: 2679)
3 HSW CE Credits - AIA # DAS505-25 - IDCEC # 124871 - FL BOAID # 9879325 - LSBID # 11.1268.25
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A building can win awards, look stunning in renderings, and still make the people inside it feel disoriented, overstimulated, and unwell.
Who Is This Space For?
This session teaches you to design public spaces that foster trust and engagement. You will apply CPTED principles to create welcoming environments with clear sightlines, easy exits, and natural surveillance. You will learn strategic lighting for night environments and structured planting for safety. You will also learn to refine facades and thresholds, focusing on door presence, clear glazing, genuine shade, and seating that encourages interaction. You will leave with a practical framework to assess your designs for user comfort, orientation, and well-being, directly linking design decisions to health and safety outcomes.
- Social memory, heritage, and aging in place
- Walkability, third places, and spatial justice
- From hostile architecture to environments that invite
Natalie Jorge
Natalie Jorge is a Brazilian architect with professional experience in both the United States and Brazil. Her work focuses on how architecture influences human behavior, mental health, and social well-being — drawing from neuroscience, psychology, and environmental ethics. She also integrates classical design principles to promote balance, beauty, and a sense of belonging in the built environment. Natalie holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado Denver and a Certificate in Classical Architecture from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA). Now based in São Paulo, she leads an independent practice dedicated to human-centered, health-oriented design.
