The short film What Design Can Do, created by Sarah Williams Goldhagen and Sarah Robinson, illustrates how architects, social scientists, and related professionals can create better outcomes for human health and wellbeing in their projects when they focus on the human experience as integral to the design process. The film explores both scientific and evidence-based design and how it can enhance our building environments, making them more supportive and beneficial for individuals and communities.

We invite all designers, engineers, architects, students, and anyone interested in the built environment to reflect on the impact of design on our everyday lives by joining this first event of a three-event series, organized by the AIANY Social Science and Architecture Committee. After opening remarks, we will be a screening the film, followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A with one of the two filmmakers, Sarah Williams Goldhagen, and Ian Wach as moderator.