02-04-2019 Natalia had a pleasure of speaking in the seat of Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) in Krakow. Her talk was a reflection on how we can improve spaces and users’ experience by linking architectural design with research from neuroscience. She also discussed her academic experience at the University IUAV program ‘Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design’.

Hume Director Itai Palti and Hume’s Advisory Board members Susan Magsamen and Sarah Williams Goldhagen have joined the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture’s Advisory Council.

“Early childhood is a critical stage for healthy brain development. While good public policy and public health have important roles to play in improving outcomes, architect Itai Palti, director of Studio Hume and designer of the Urban Thinkscape project in West Philadelphia, believes architects and planners can help as well. In this article from Van Alen Report 20, Itai spells out a recipe to build opportunities for learning and creativity on every sidewalk, bus stop, and corner of the city and offers advice for scaling up the impact of these learning-based interventions.”

See more on the report

Childhood by Design organised by Capita and Air Serenbe “Childhood By Design brings artists, architects, urbanists, and designers together with early childhood experts, policymakers, and the general public. This conversation will seek to explore and harness the power of art, architecture, design, and placemaking to reimagine the unique experience of childhood, to improve outcomes, and to co-create a brighter future for all young children and their families.”

Read the new report from Brookings Institution’s Learning Landscapes initiative. Learning Landscapes: Can Urban Planning and the Learning Sciences Work Together to Help Children?

We are pleased to announce a new research project with the Association of Children’s Museums, funded by Harvard’s Centre on the Developing Child. Follow link for more details