Community-BLOC: A Community-Based Ecosystem that Supports Business and Life Continuity

When: Wednesday, September 23 @ 22:00 (Eastern US time)/ Thursday, September 24 @ 10:00 (Singapore time)

CES Credits: 1.0 LU

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Speakers: Upali Nanda, Angela Lee

Overview

Communities have the power to enforce guidelines and support individuals not through laws, as governments do, but through social bonds and physical connections.

In this project, we propose the implementation of a series of strategies in cities to leverage the power of communities to shift from dependency to self-sufficiency, from rigidity to flexibility and from disparity to equity. Our objective is to use design to empower the community to contain the virus, create a safer social and psychological environment and provide a support system for its members.

Upali Nanda PhD, Assoc. AIA, EDAC, ACHE Executive Vice President Role: Director of Research

Dr. Upali Nanda is Principal and Director of Research for HKS, a global architectural firm where she spear￾heads research projects globally. She also serves as the Executive Director for the non-profit Center for Advanced Design Research and Education, and teaches as the Associate Professor of Practice at the Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Michigan.

She serves on the board of directors for HKS and the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture. Her doctoral work on “Sensthetics” has been published as a book available on Amazon.com. Her award-winning research has been widely published and cited in peer-reviewed journals and main stream media.

In 2015, Dr. Nanda was recognized as one of the top 10 most influential people in Healthcare Design by the Healthcare Design Magazine. Most recently, she was honored by Architectural Record with the 2018 Women in Architecture Innovator Award.

Angela Lee AIA, EDAC, LEED AP Principal Regional Managing Director – Asia Pacific

With several doctors in the family, Angela has always been comfortable in healthcare settings. When she decided on architecture as a profession, healthcare design seemed the obvious path. She knows that successful design is the result of the harmonious relationship and balance between the patient and user experience, form and function, budget and schedule, sustainability and sound business principles. As managing director of Asia Pacific, Angela has 26 years of healthcare planning experience and participating in the design and planning of over 1.1 million square meters of healthcare projects worldwide. Her projects have been honored with design awards from both the American Institute of Architects and Modern Healthcare. She has been recognized in publications such as Healthcare Design, Health Facilities Management, Healthcare Design Ideas and Medical Construction and Design.