Kayla Hawley

I am in my second and final year of the Master of Architecture program at University of Michigan. This profile was created to talk about Health by Design.

[Elyssa Bakker @BakkerElyssa]

How can underutilized space be reclaimed for brain health? Love the prompt from @KaylaHawley6 @behm_erica @tiamarie1219 to convert unused rooms into sensory spaces. Excited about how the act of #nurturing in #nature spaces can provide purpose #naturenurtures @HByD_UMich

[Erica Behm @behm_erica]

Here is a little sneak peek 👀 into Stimulation Through Nature 🌿
Creating a healthy environment for people by using the resources Earth provides! @KaylaHawley6 @tiamarie1219 @UpaliNanda #healthbydesign #nature #naturedesign

[Upali @UpaliNanda]

#sensory #stimulation via #nature for #brainhealth for #aging. A great prompt from @KaylaHawley6 @behm_erica @tiamarie1219

[Eliza @egbeird]

Really excited about #Stimulationthroughnature and their idea about connecting Seniors to Detroit Public School Farm-to-School Program. Looks like their might be an opportunity for a bus to take them...https://t.co/LWYZWfNePB @HByD_UMich @KaylaHawley6 @tiamarie1219 @behm_erica

[Upali @UpaliNanda]

Does the #nature of nature change when it is mediated? Incredible prompt by Robert Adams in the @HByD_UMich review

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Planting trees in cities is good for people, good for the economy and an important answer to the #climatecrisis.

We have solutions. Time to ditch fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Renewables #solar #GreenNewDeal #BuildBackBetter

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

“Health by Design is an intentional, curated process that analyzes and aims to improve the overall health and state of being of individuals of all identities, cultures, ethnicities, social status, etc.” @HByD_UMich @UpaliNanda @TaubmanCollege #HealthByDesign

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

“All creatures have been turned into property, the fishes in the water, the birds in the air, the plants on the earth... The creatures, too, must become free.”

—Thomas Münzer, leader of the German Peasants’ Revolt, 16th c.

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

Designing for accessibility should not be a choice. Designing for accessibility should not be cut out. Designing for accessibility should not be a separate topic, but rather encompassed by universal design. Design accessibly.. always. @HByD_UMich #universaldesign #learning

[Kim Rollings @KimRollingsPhD]

"We design for people, but we have nothing in our curriculum to understand people... just assumed that because we are people, we understand people. That’s not how it works." @UpaliNanda https://t.co/wAju7MVJBT

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki he's taking his idea global.

We have so many solutions. Let's stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climateaction #climate #forests #nature

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

https://t.co/9n3efUgy6o @aidan_barron17 @ChunliChen4 @iroutte @BakkerElyssa Check out this article. I wonder if this could be one of the “prizes” @UpaliNanda mentioned in @HByD_UMich. It sounds like an interactive, stimulating, and trauma alleviation tactic!

[tiamarie @tiamarie1219]

As designers, how are we to implement an entirely new environment to an existing infrastructure at an affordable cost? @behm_erica suggested utilizing current spaces with low activity to produce beneficial stimulating environments.
@UpaliNanda @KaylaHawley6 @HByD_UMich

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

@ChunliChen4 I find this very interesting/intriguing! I’ve never felt this lack in America, but when I lived in Italy I was shocked by the lack of public restrooms. I found that in order to use a restroom, you had to first purchase something. I’m curious to learn more about this in the U.S.

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

How can an architectural environment create positive, stress-free spaces that promote sensory stimulation in aging adults? Here is a peek at our analysis.
Check out the full report by @HKSArchitects here: https://t.co/COjZUxLXEU
@UpaliNanda @behm_erica @tiamarie1219 @HByD_UMich

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

“If you can care for a person, then you can care for a place.” #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #Community #SocialSpace #MentalHealth #BrainHealth @HByD_UMich @UpaliNanda @TaubmanCollege

[Erica Behm @behm_erica]

#healthBYdesign means taking into account how spaces can improve lives of others. Specifically looking at senior living homes, sensory stimulation is needed. This article (https://t.co/mgfgSrvRj1) explains how stimulation can help - but how can we use more nature to stimulate?

[Kayla Hawley @KaylaHawley6]

In our @HByD_UMich Class last week, @behm_erica, @tiamarie1219, and I pitched our project focusing on the impact of nature integration on sensory stimulation in low-income, aging adult populations. These notes are from the classes reactions after. @UpaliNanda #brainhealth #aging

[Elyssa Bakker @BakkerElyssa]

#HealthByDesign means building/supporting interdependent communities in which both the diverse individual & broader ecosystem can thrive . . . it means taking action through an evaluative + empathetic process that seeks insight across disciplines and from experts/ users alike.