Healthy Materials Lab at the New School

by Robert Beck | October 9th, 2017

At the heart of the sustainable and healthy materials movement is research, science and evidence. The information about chemical toxins in our materials and their effects on the environment and humans already exists. But we’re all still building up our personal knowledge of these things, and we’re still in the process of deciding how we plan to apply that knowledge to whatever we’re working on. The Healthy Materials Lab, formed at the Parsons School of Design at The New School, is creating a space for architects, designers and students to explore their relationships with healthy and unhealthy building materials. “By advocating for a dramatic reduction of toxins in the building industry and promoting increased transparency for all building product ingredients, this initiative aims to transform the way that building products are manufactured and to support the creation of new materials,” the Lab’s website reads. “Through optimizing the health and transparency …