Recent research by internationlly renowned architect and neuroscientist Tye Farrow of Farrow Partners has confirmed that where one lives has more impact on one’s health and wellbeing than the medical system (beyond episodes of serious disease, of course).

In this talk, Farrow, who is at the forefront of salutogenic design, discusses the concept of ‘activated optimal health’ through environmental enrichment and the role our built environment plays in this equation. His lecture will look at the cross-fertilising of knowledge between design and brain science, which can lead to the conditions in which people can flourish, not merely survive.

Farrow will draw on material from his forthcoming book Constructing Health: An Exploration of Generous Architecture Through the Neurological, Psychological, and Emotional Benefits of Enriched Environments, which will be published by University of Toronto Press on October 15, 2023. He will also reference examples of his firm’s designs in Canada, Europe and Israel.

About Tye Farrow, Senior Partner, Farrow Partners Architects:

FRAIC, BArch, M Arch UD, M Neuro Appl Arch Des , OAA, MAIBC, AIA Assoc, LEED AP 

Working at the intersection of architecture and neuroscience, Farrow is a world-recognised pioneer tackling how what we create either gives or cause health. With award-winning projects around the globe that enact salutogenic design — design that actively incites health. He is the first Canadian architect to have earned a Master of Neuroscience Applied to Architecture (University of Venice IUAV), and has a Master of Architecture in Urban Design (Harvard University), and a Bachelor of Architecture degree (University of Toronto).

Dates and full event details linked below:

Auckland 17 Oct | Wellington 18 Oct | Christchurch 19 Oct | Queenstown 20 Oct