HML co-directors Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth are featured in a profile about Parsons Healthy Materials Lab in Metropolis Magazine.
Metropolis is one of the leading voices in architecture and design with over 50,000 print subscribers and over 85,000 digital visitors each month.
HML is grateful to be a part of this issue, which focuses on sustainability and justice within design. The article, “The Healthy Materials Lab is Redefining Sustainable Design” is featured alongside important stories such as “A New Concept for Good Architecture: Embodied Justice,” and “In Three Buildings Around the World, Old Methods Find New Purpose.”
“The Healthy Materials Lab is Redefining Sustainable Design” tells the story of HML’s founding in 2015, and the complex world of healthier materials Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth face as we fight for healthier housing for all.
In addition to quick tips about choosing materials such as, “If you see an ingredient and you can’t pronounce it, you probably don’t want to live with it either.” The article also featured Shefali Sanghvi who works at Dattner Architects and is an alumni of HML’s online certificate program, Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building. She spoke about how the program has changed the way they source and consider materials to focus on sustainability and health as well as aesthetics, cost and convenience.
Read the full article at Metropolis.com, and check out the resources it mentions below.
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