Keynotes

The WELL Building Standard is the first protocol of its kind to focus exclusively on human health and wellness in the built environment. WELL identifies specific conditions, that when holistically integrated into building architecture and design, can enhance the health and well-being of occupants.

Paul Scialla, founder of the International WELL Building Institute® (IWBI), will share emerging innovations and evidence-based research about how we can design buildings specifically to support the health and wellness of the people who live, work and learn in them. Topics will include an introduction to the WELL Building Standard, costs and benefits, early examples of WELL buildings, and performance-based metrics for health and wellness in the built environment.

This keynote event will help design professionals who are interested in incorporating health into the design of the built environment. Join us to learn how to harness the built environment as a vehicle to support human health, well-being and comfort.

For more information, visit www.WELLcertified.com.

About the WELL Building Standard:  The WELL Building Standard® (WELL) is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact the health and well-being of the people who live, work, and learn in the buildings. WELL focuses on seven categories of building performance: air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind. Pioneered by Delos®, the WELL Building Standard is grounded in evidence-based medical research that demonstrates the connection between the buildings where we spend more than 90 percent of our time and health and wellness impacts on us as occupants. The WELL Building Standard is administered by the International WELL Building Institute® and third-party certified by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI).

David Rockwell, FAIA, is the founder and President of Rockwell Group, an interdisciplinary architecture and design firm that emphasizes innovation and thought leadership in every project. 

Based in New York with offices in Madrid and Shanghai, Rockwell Group merges architecture, theater, craftsmanship, and technology to create unique narratives for their work, including hospitality, cultural institutions, offices, transportation, residential, set design, products, exhibitions and festivals.

Projects include Nobu restaurants and hotels worldwide; The New York EDITION; NeueHouse (New York, Los Angeles and London); W Hotels worldwide; Virgin Hotels Chicago; TED Theater (Vancouver, BC); Travelle at the Langham (Chicago); Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho Hotel; 15 Hudson Yards and Culture Shed in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro; set designs for On Your Feet, Kinky Boots and Hairspray; and product collections for Stellar Works, The Rug Company, Jim Thompson and Shaw Hospitality Group. 

Honors and recognition include the AIA New York Chapter President’s Award, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, and the Presidential Design Award.

Immediately following the keynote, IIDA will host a book signing with David Rockwell and his new book, “What If…? The Architecture and Design of David Rockwell Group.” A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the book signing, which will take place in the Holiday Inn Sauganash Ballroom.

Oana Stanescu is a partner of Family and has used her vast international experience to lead the office’s European projects. Prior to joining Family, Oana worked at a diverse array of award-winning offices around the world including Herzog and De Meuron, OMA and SANAA. She has also contributed to numerous architectural publications such as Domus, MARK and Abitare and co-taught a seminar at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. She currently is involved in the +Pool project in New York, a Kickstarter-backed endeavor that involves installing a cross-shaped floating swimming pool in the East River, and has also worked with Kanye West on both tour sets and personal residential projects.

Awards
2nd Prize International Architecture Competition for UGM Museum, Maribor, Slovenia, 2008
Thesis Award 10/ 10, 2008
Phare Socrates – Erasmus scholarship ‘Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla, Spain, 2006
Award for outstanding performance at the ‘Design Studio’, 2002/2003

Teaching
Other Design Seminar with Michael Rock, Director of 2x4, GSAPP Columbia University, 2013-2015

Education
Faculty of Architecture, Polytechnics University of Timisoara, Romania, 2001 – 2008
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla Spain, 2006

Selected Projects
Family, Partner, 2013 – Present
+POOL Swimming Pool, New York, NY, 2010 – Ongoing
Hyundai Brandshop, Moscow, Russia, 2013 – Ongoing
Badel Block Masterplan, Zagreb, Croatia, 2012
Gosta Art Museum, Mantaa, Finland, 2011
Worms for New Museum and Storefront, New York, NY 2011
Maribor UGM Contemporary Art Museum, Maribor, Slovenia, 2010
Central Bridge, Maribor, Slovenia, 2010
Dallas Peaks Housing Block, Dallas, TX, 2009
Northshore Housing, Stockton-On-Tees, UK, 2009
Nordhavnen Productive City Masterplan, Copenhagen, DK, 2009
Grand Ring Public Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2009