As a part of ARCHtober, program director Jeffrey Raven served as panelist for “Archtober Goes Nordic – Nordic and US trends within Healthy Cities at Building Level” at Parsons / The New School in NYC. The panel of experts discussed a growing trans-Atlantic focus on making our cities healthier to live in by design.

Jeffrey Raven and fellow panelists discussed how NYC urban redevelopment projects and districts compares to Nordic best practices within design and public health in the built environment. This included Nordic Sustainable Cities, a flagship project in the Nordic Prime Ministers’ new initiative “Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges.”

Left to right:

Joanna Frank, President & CEO, Center for Active Design
(moderator)

Jeffrey Raven, Principal, RAVEN A+U & Director, Graduate Urban Design, NYIT

Aaron Dorf, Project Director, Snøhetta

Lars Riemann, Executive Director, Buildings, Ramboll

Kate Kerbel, Planning + Strategies Consultant, Perkins+Will

The session was initiated by:
Harriet E. Berg, Consul General of Norway in New York

For more information, refer to Archtober Goes Nordic– Nordic and US trends within Healthy Cities at Building Level