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NYT: For Solo Explorers, a Solitude-Friendly ‘Paradise’ Amid the Crowds

What does it look like when public space design gets solitude right? Erin's insights in the New York Times on how well-designed spaces can make being alone feel like belonging, not isolation.

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BBC: Can Design Heal Loneliness?

BBC: Can Design Heal Loneliness?

The question that started everything — and the answer that's more complicated and more hopeful than it first appears. Erin joins BBC Woman's Hour to explore what design can and can't do about loneliness.

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How to Design a City to Improve Your Mental Health

How to Design a City to Improve Your Mental Health

The surprising science of how small neighborhood design choices — a bench, a walkable block, a shared space — can measurably improve mental health and social connection. Erin in National Geographic.

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CBC’s Spark with Nora Young: Architecture for Well-being

CBC’s Spark with Nora Young: Architecture for Well-being

We have designed our cities in a way that often isolates us — for the car, for efficiency, but not for the human heart." Erin joins CBC's Spark to explore what architecture that actually serves human connection looks like.

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Buildings That Can Heal in the Wake of Trauma

Buildings That Can Heal in the Wake of Trauma

When communities experience trauma, the built environment either compounds the harm or begins to address it. Erin in Bloomberg CityLab on trauma-informed design and what it means to build spaces that help people heal together.

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Archive

Articles

How to Design a City to Improve Your Mental Health - According to Science | National Geographic
Public Space and Positive Solitude | New York Times
How School Design Can Help Children Feel Safe | Psychology Today
Buildings That Can Heal in the Wake of Trauma | Bloomberg City Lab
Paradigm Interrup ted- How Mental Health is Changing Architecture | Architect Magazine
How Architecture Can Support Neurodivergent Well-Being | Psychology Today
How to Design for Solitude | Psychology Today
How to Design Spaces for Human Connection | Psychology Today
6 Ways to Design for Social Connection | Psychology Today
Building Connected Communities | Psychology Today
Is Your Environment Making You Lonely? | Psychology Today

Conversations

Can Design Heal Loneliness | BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
NBC Texas Today: Ways to authentically connect with others | NBC Texas Today
Healthier, Happier, and More Connected| Madame Architect
Architectette Podcast - Erin Peavey: How Science-Backed Design Creates Healthier, More Connected Spaces | Architectette
Angels 2nd Class Podcast: Design to Connect Leads to Good Mental Health | Angels 2nd Class
Practice Disrupted Podcast | Practice of Architecture

Reports

Systems Of Cross-Sector Integration and Action across the Lifespan (SOCIAL) Framework Report | SOCIAL Framework
Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures | Cornell Institute
Book Alert: Peace by Design | Book Publication
Connecting IRL: How the Built Environment Can Foster Social Health | HKS 2020
Environments to Foster Social Health | JAMA Ethics

Talks

Erin Peavey Speaker at See Change Sessions: WTF is Design For Connection? | Sea Change Sessions
2024 Global Loneliness Awareness Summit | Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection
Global Exchange for Mental Health | Global Exchange

Two decades of work at the intersection of architecture, neuroscience, and social health — in major media, peer-reviewed journals, and public conversations.