Building Environments of Care
Date: April 4, 2025
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location:
Harry Schure Hall, Room 130
Lecture: Building Environments of Care
Building Environments of Care explores how architecture can nurture well-being, transforming public spaces into havens of comfort, healing, and belonging. By embracing renaturalization, reuse, and human-centered design, we redefine the city as a place of care—where nature and built form intertwine to cultivate warmth and belonging in the urban fabric. Through thoughtful materiality and organic forms, architecture can evoke a sense of home in the city, where nature and built environments intertwine. By reimagining spaces with empathy, architects can transform cities into nurturing landscapes that support both individual healing and collective well-being.
Introduction
Maria Perbellini
Dean of The School of Architecture and Design
Speaker
Benedetta Tagliabue
Co-founder And Principal Architect, Embt Architects
Benedetta Tagliabue is an internationally renowned architect. She is the co-founder with Enric Miralles (1955–2000) of EMBT Architects, as well as the founder and president of the Fundació Enric Miralles. She is known for iconic works like the New Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh 2004, the Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona 2005, and the Spanish Pavilion for Expo Shanghai 2010. Recent works include Ferrara’s San Giacomo Apóstolo Church 2019 and Kálida Sant Pau Centre – Part of Maggie’s Centre Network in Barcelona in 2019 and leads many on-going projects worldwide Centro Direzionale di Napoli 2024, Fudan Univeristy, in Shangai 2025 and Century Square also in Shangai 2025.
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Benedetta Tagliabue is an internationally renowned architect. She is the co-founder with Enric Miralles (1955–2000) of EMBT Architects, as well as the founder and president of the Fundació Enric Miralles. She is known for iconic works like the New Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh 2004, the Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona 2005, and the Spanish Pavilion for Expo Shanghai 2010. Recent works include Ferrara’s San Giacomo Apóstolo Church 2019 and Kálida Sant Pau Centre – Part of Maggie’s Centre Network in Barcelona in 2019 and leads many on-going projects worldwide Centro Direzionale di Napoli 2024, Fudan Univeristy, in Shangai 2025 and Century Square also in Shangai 2025.