Converging Pedagogies: Human Health and Sustainable Design

Drawing from architecture, landscape architecture,urban planning, environmental psychology, andpublic health, this paper discusses an innovative syllabusfor an interdisciplinary undergraduate coursethat covers a range of concepts underlying the complexinteraction between people and the physicalenvironment on health and sustainability. The coursefirst introduces theories and methodologies, thendivides remaining content into three units outliningkey concepts across a range of environmental scales:healthy people, healthy places, and healthy planet.Each unit identifies how the range of both physical(built and natural) and social factors contribute tothe design of healthy, sustainable, functional, aestheticallypleasing, and socially just environmentspeople wish to maintain and preserve. A variety ofcourse activities and assignments engage studentsfrom multiple disciplines in evaluating existing andplanning for future healthy, sustainable buildingsand cities. Course learning objectives, success, andchallenges are also discussed.

Volume Editors
Billie Faircloth, Howard Frumkin & Sara Jensen Carr

ISBN
978-1-944214-09-8