HEALTH was the fourth installment of a series of conferences exploring present predicaments in architecture and urban planning. The conference focused on the relationships between architecture, planning, and issues of health and the health industry while exploring the social impact of design decisions. Health took place on September 20, 2013 at the University of University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

Introduction

Dean Monica Ponce de Leon
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Provocation 1: Air Apparent: Toward Atmospheric Health

Amy Kulper, Moderator
Panelists:

• Monika Bakke, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
• David Gissen, California College of the Arts
• Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, University of Queensland, Australia
• Sean Lally, Weathers, Chicago

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Provocation 2: Autogenic Bodies of Control

Robert Adams, Moderator
Panelists:

• Vito Acconci, Designer, Brooklyn, New York
• Francesca Lanzavecchia, Lanzabecchia + Wai Designers, Milan and Singapore
• Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan
• Hunn Wai, Lanzabecchia + Wai Designers, Milan and Singapore

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Provocation 3: Feedback: Challenging the Systemic

U. Sean Vance, Moderator
Panelists:

• Mohammed Ayoub, HDR Architecture
• Abigail Clary, HDR Architecture
• Robin Guenther, Perkins and Will Architects
• Diana Hernandez, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
• Sam Zheng, Siemens Corporate Research and Tsinghua University

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Provocation 4: Improving Collective Health by Design

Lesli Hoey, Moderator
Panelists:

• J. Ricardo Guzman, Community Health and Social Services Center, Detroit
• Rebecca A. Heidkamp, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Cathy Nonas, New York City Health Department
• Jeremy Shiffman, American University

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Provocation 5: Aesthetics and Biopolitics

Joy Knoblauch, Moderator
Panelists:

• Annmarie Adams, McGill University
• Giovanna Borasi, Canadian Centre for Architecture
• Gina Greene, University of Pennsylvania

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Concluding Remarks:

Associate Dean Milton S. F. Curry
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