Resources to Design a Healthier Future
About Healthy Materials Lab
Everyone deserves a healthy home.
We are Healthy Materials Lab, a design research lab at Parsons School of Design. We are dedicated to a world in which people’s and environmental health is placed at the center of all design decisions.
Collaboratively, we address toxics and climate through bringing awareness and charting pathways to design and construct healthy homes. Let's accelerate the rate of change together.
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Our Impact
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80,000+ annual visitors to our website
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57,800+ Trace Material podcast episode downloads
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15,600+ mailing list subscribers
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5,000+ online course participants
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5,000+ public program attendees
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Healthy Materials & Sustainable Buildings Course
Whether for professional credits or just to improve your knowledge about healthy building, take one of our classes. We make every effort to keep our course fees as low as possible without sacrificing quality.
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From Field to Form: Mycelium with The Architectural League of New York
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Wollman Hall
The New School
New York, NY 10011
Design Student?
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Architect, builder, or designer?
Share your healthy building projects with us. Help us showcase the great work you are doing and amplify our shared goal of healthy buildings for all. Learn More >
Design Educator?
Join our academic network to access free educational resources and a directory of peers to connect and collaborate. Learn More >
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Get Access to our carefully researched and curated academic resources, including model syllabi and webinars. An email from an academic institution or a .edu email address is required. If your academic institution does not use .edu email addresses but you would like to join the network, please contact healthymaterialslab@newschool.edu.
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