Trauma-informed design is about weaving the principles of trauma-informed practice into architectural design with the goal of creating physical spaces that promote safety, collaboration, empowerment, well-being and healing.
Over the last 15-20 years, there’s been a sweeping effort by urban planners and landscape architects to create healthy community design and health-based zoning. But what’s good for the community is good for the workplace, right?
There is a strong link between our physiological state, our emotional state and the physical environment, especially at work. Research has shown how the physical environment can impact a person’s attitude, mood and behavior. It also means that intentionally designing and maintaining healing environments at the office leads to empowerment and resists retraumatizing those who have already experienced so much trauma.
Join me in welcoming three founding members of the Trauma-Informed Design Society-- Davis Harte, Christine Cowart, and Janet Roche for this episode of Leadership Uncensored. Learn more about their groundbreaking Trauma-informed Design Evaluation Tool for K-12 Schools funded by the American Society of Interior Designers Foundation.