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Here’s what we’re currently working on in our commitment to raise awareness about toxic chemicals in building products, and the importance of healthy materials through research, demonstrations and education.

Trace Material Podcast

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Harvesting Housing

In this episode, we head to Namibia to explore the ins and outs of a project that's addressing food insecurity and a housing shortage with the power of mycelium.

Mycelium for the Masses

This week we're in Upstate New York to talk to the leaders of a mycelium material revolution.

Nature’s Detox

This week, we're in California learning about fungi's power to clean up toxic ash and debris after wildfires with CoRenewal's Maya Elson.

The Citizen Scientist

In this episode, we go down to Pennsylvania to talk to Willian Padilla Brown, a citizen scientist and founder of Mycosymbiotics.

Healthy Affordable Housing Case Studies

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First Community Housing

Based in San Jose, CA, the project team demonstrates a commitment to bettering lives through integrating their affordable housing development with services - a model of “housing is healthcare”.

Foundation Communities

The project team provides affordable housing in Austin, TX that integrates education and healthy living to enable “families to succeed”

Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership

TNP’s single family renovations in Warren, a rustbelt Ohio city, are designed and executed to combat high rates of home abandonment. These renovations, often minor and cost effective, incentive community members to re-invest in their city.

Carmel Place

In response to increasing numbers of single person households, Monadnock Development LLC and the Lower East Side People’s Mutual Housing Association, realized a NYC driven pilot-study to explore new housing options, using modular construction.

Demonstrations

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Memphis House Rebuild

Memphis, Tennessee

House reconstruction that prioritizes health in Memphis, Tennessee

BIG x HML - Healthier Model Making

Copenhagen, Denmark

How can healthier Model Making set the stage for designing healthier buildings? This question is the foundation for a collaboration between BIG’s (Bjarke Ingels Group) Model Making Center in Copenhagen, Denmark and HML.

Community MusicWorks Center

Providence, Rhode Island

Community MusicWorks Center will be a central, inclusive gathering place in the heart of Providence’s West End, embodying CMW’s sustainable mission and values. HML is partnering with the team to guide material health strategies.

HML + Affordable Housing Architects and Developers: STAT Architects and Riseboro

Designing and Building Healthier Housing with Stat Architecture and Riseboro Community Partnership

Annual Reports

icon-pdf Created with Sketch. HML 2022-2023 Annual Report
icon-pdf Created with Sketch. HML 2021-2022 Annual Report
icon-pdf Created with Sketch. HML 2020-2021 Annual Report

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