First Announcement and Call for Papers 

14th World Congress on Design and Health in Singapore

29 Oct - 2 Nov 2025

The Scientific Committee for Design and Health World Congress in Singapore

You are invited to submit abstracts of 400 words in English. The abstract should clearly state the objectives, methods used, results and conclusions.

 
 
 
 
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Session 1: Scientific Introduction of the Congress

Alan Dilani (Sweden), The Science of the Salutogenesis, Theory and Application

Stefano Capolongo (Italy), The Hospital of the Future

Stefano Boeri (Italy), The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) Green Residential

 

Session 2: Healthcare Design

David Rakel, MD (USA), The Science of the Salutogenesis and Healthcare Delivery

Andrea Brambilla (Italy), Sustainability in the Next Generation Hospital. Needs and requirements

Tye Farrow (Canada), Embreathment, Embodiment, Environmental Enrichment, improved outcome

Margreet C. Vos (The Netherlands), Design a Safe Hospital for Patients and Healthcare Staff

 

Session 3: Case Studies Healthcare Design

Sonika Rawal, Celen Pasalar (USA), Impact of Urban Park Design on Recovery from Stress

Eduard Boonstra (The Netherlands), Why a “Blue Hospital” Design? How to Achieve?

Maddalena Buffoli (Italy), Urban Green Space Design and Frequency Exposure Impact

Erica Brusamolin (Italy), Designing Community Health center to Improve Well-being

Marco Gola (Italy), Rethinking the Territorial Medicine in Italy

Erica Isa Mosca (Italy), Advanced Design Strategies for Community Health Center in Italy

 

Session 5: Urban Mental Health / Supportive Environment

John Zeisel (USA), Healthy Aging Includes Aging Well with Dementia

Tianzhi Sun (Italy), Supporting Healthy Aging Community by Design and Health Impact

Calvin WH Luk (Hong Kong), Salutogenic design for therapeutic garden in a vertical city of Hong Kong

Silvia Mangili (Italy), Assessing the Quality of Built Environment for People with Dementia

 

Session 6: Urban Public Health  

Antonio Gomez-Palacio (Canada), The Community Well-being Framework

Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi (Italy), Urban Health - Interdisciplinary Resilience Assessment

Ruzica Bozovic Stamenovic (Singapore), Singapore: Shaping the Salutogenic City for Resilient Future

Fei Lian (China), Effects of Neighborhood Environment on People with Cognitive Impairments

Mauricio Rosso (Colombia), The Critical Role of Urban Environment on Health of People

 

Session 7: Healthy Buildings

Enzo Grossi MD (Italy), Neurobiological Salutogenic Mechanisms of Architectural Beauty

Francesqca Jimenez (USA), New Workplace Design with Positive Effects on Employee Physical Activity

Andrea Möhn (The Netherlands), Healing Architecture: six case studies of room renovations

Argiro Dimoudi (Greece), Zero Energy Building Strategies for Hospitals

Mohana Das (Hong Kong), Salutogenic Design and its Role in Enhancing the Sense of Belonging

Eleonora Zioni (Brazil), Neuro-urbanism and Mental Health: designing the salutogenic city