Lisa Lim

The Role of Built Environments for Healthy Aging

Lisa Lim, Ph.D. is a researcher, designer, and educator with her primary focus on improving the health and wellness of users through design. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, and Director of the Health Design Lab at KAIST (https://www.healthdesign.kaist.ac.kr/). She is interested in how spatial layouts can support individual experience and organizational outcomes and how designers can provide such environments to users. With her academic and practical background, she has expertise in analytical and empirical approaches to understanding both space and the people in it.

The world is aging. Considering the amount of time we interact with the physical environments around us, such as our homes and cities, the importance of built environments in healthy aging cannot be overemphasized. Focusing on two critical healthy behaviours for healthy aging, "Walking and Playing," this talk will share insights driven by empirical studies investigating the relationships between such behaviours and our surrounding physical environments, primarily in cities in South Korea. This talk will highlight the roles of our homes, communities, and cities for healthy aging.

Please find the audio recording of the lecture through this link.