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FleXX Contagion Special Edition Now Available

CADRE and HKS Architects have released a new living report, looking at flexibility of the built environment specifically during a pandemic. This builds upon our FleXX study, which worked to identify a definition and framework for flexibility in the built environment.

This living report will continue to be updated - so please, share your experiences and feedback with us!

New Design Principles for Combating a Pandemic

In this one page guide, building upon our Point-of-Decision-Design, we take a look at design strategies across the continuum that promote resilience and improved mental + physical health.

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In Matters of Health, Equity Matters More than Density
In Matters of Health, Equity Matters More than Density

What explains the disparities in the spread of COVID-19 in New York City? It is not density.

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Does Density Determine COVID-19 Destiny? Let’s look at the Data

On March 22, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, described the level of density in New York City as “Destructive” and called for “an immediate plan to reduce density”. This was not the first time that New York City was being criticized for its high levels of Density. However, this time Governor Cuomo’s criticism was carrying a new weight since it was blaming density for the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the city. As of April 5, New York City had close to 67,552 cases of COVID-19 making it the city with the highest number of cases nationally, by a high margin.

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5 Design Strategies for Healthier Living During a Pandemic using Point-of-Decision-Design
5 Design Strategies for Healthier Living During a Pandemic using Point-of-Decision-Design

Simple everyday actions can help us maintain a healthy physical and mental outlook during the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond.

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What’s New For Environmental Design in 2019?
What’s New For Environmental Design in 2019?

Gehl’s keynote reminds us that at the heart of the seemingly conflicting forces between designing for objects or for people is the historical lack of knowledge about how people experience space, how they are affected by space, and how they interact with space. Human-centered design has long been a value for EDRA, and this year saw an increase in tools and methods being developed to study such human experiences, often in new digital ways and across various types of spaces and building sectors.

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Eve Avdoulos joins CADRE as an Urban Health and Wellness Visiting Scholar
Eve Avdoulos joins CADRE as an Urban Health and Wellness Visiting Scholar

Eve’s interests lie at the intersection of architecture, anthropology and urbanism, and she is particularly interested in the relationship between the materiality of the built environment and how it shapes, and is shaped by, the diversity of human activity. She maintains an interdisciplinary research approach in all of her work, drawing from methods and theories from various disciplines.

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