schaeffer somers

I am developing a new seminar, Design of Healthy Environments, which will address the following goals at the intersection of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Health. Critically examine the connections between the public health, urban planning and architecture disciplines and their impact on the built environment and society from historical and contemporary perspectives. Create a framework [...]

Today I wrote a course description for my first seminar as a member of the full-time faculty at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. It is still a work in progress, but the draft introduction follows. This elective seminar explores the interconnections between the disciplines of Architecture, Planning, and Public Health and gives students [...]