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Anna Dyson Joins Panel on Circularity, Regeneration, and Urban Design
Architecture, apparel, and art came together in a powerful conversation on circularity, regeneration, and urban space. Moderated by Julia Gamolina, the panel featured insights from Anna Dyson and Elisabeth Sherman, and was hosted by Another Tomorrow and WOAH (Work of Art Holdings).
EMBRACING CHAOS IN A SMART WORLD
'Designing with Biodiversity, Embracing the Complexity of Natural Systems': Anna Dyson - Yale University
Yale CEA at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair – New York
Yale CEA researchers present a biomaterials installation at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York, showcasing a visionary fusion of cultural heritage and ecological innovation. This immersive installation explores how indigenous materials and ancestral craftsmanship can inform a sustainable future for architecture and design.
Biophilic Wellness : Anna Dyson Speaks at Biophilic Leadership Summit
Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci Speak on Biologic Materials at the Annual Design for Freedom Summit at Grace Farms
Design for Freedom Summit hosted by Grace Farms (2025)
BioLogic Materials: Threads of Culture and Sustainability
BioLogic Materials by Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci, Yale CEA, is featured in With Every Fiber, a new long-term exhibition at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. (2024)
Anna Dyson delivers a keynote speach for the AIA Los Angeles 7th Annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change
AIA Los Angeles (2024)
Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, Copenhagen
Anna Dyson is the keynote speaker at Fabricate 2024, with the presentation of Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) research by Yale CEA researcher, Mandi Pretorius.
Bridging the gap between vision and action for a greener panel at the Denmark Pavilion (COP28)
Anna Dyson delves into the future of sustainable architecture and the crucial dialogue on advancing net-zero carbon materials at the Denmark Pavilion.
Yale Planetary Solutions - UNEP/Global ABC Report at COP28
Anna Dyson and Mae-ling Lokko to present the UN Environment Programme, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) and Yale CEA Report.
RENEW REUSE REGROW Summit
Anna Dyson as the keynote speaker at the Summit for an insightful presentation on the latest biomaterial research, decarbonizing buildings, and innovative approaches to a sustainable built environment. Don't miss this opportunity to delve into the future of mass timber, zero carbon design, and adaptive reuse. Anna Dyson, leading the way in sustainable solutions.
How to design and build for a regenerative future
Mae-ling Lokko spoke at Habitat for Earth panel as part of of COP28 in Dubai about
Prototypes for Humanity at COP 28, Dubai
Yale CEA research in Water, the Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) framework, demonstrated at Prototypes for Humanity, a COP28 event in Dubai, and presented by Yale CEA researcher Mandi Pretorius
Exploring the Impact of urban Green Infrastructure on Airborne Biological and Chemical Contaminants Indoors: Developing a Novel Data Collection and Analysis Protocol Utilizing Passive Samplers and Paired Metagenomic & Chemical Analyses
International Society of Exposure Science, 2023 Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA
Yale For Humanity Campaign
Mae-ling Lokko speaks at Yale for Humanity campaign
From Field to Form: An Introduction to Building with Plants and Earth
Mae-ling Lokko discusses the possibilities and implications of designing with plant- and earth-based materials.
Yale CEA Presents with UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction at COP 27
Watch the Recording for an Introduction to CEA's Report on Building Materials and the Climate: Status and Solutions
From Exposure to Human Health: New Developments and Challenges in a Changing Environment.
Work based upon inter-university collaboratoration was presented by Yale School of Public Health PhD Student Elizabeth Lin: "A Novel Method to Explore the Impact of Architectural Design on Biological and Non-Biological Components of the Indoor Exposome"
Holcim Foundation Next Generation Award Winner
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz is awarded the "Next Generation" 4th prize 2020.
NIST-Hosted Workshop: A Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique
PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents inter-university, interdisciplinary work: "Exploring a Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique: A Benchmark Experiment Comparing DNA Yield and Community Profiles Between PDMS and Swab Collection Methods" (IMMSA 1.3, 13:20)
Living Cities Forum in Melbourne
Mae-ling Lokko gives keynote lecture at LCF 2022: Material Flows
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Biomaterials: Can Biomaterials Become The Building Blocks for the 21st Century?
Bio-based & biomaterials offer a key opportunity for decarbonizing the buildings and construction sector and achieving 10 of the 17 UN SDGs. Join UNEP & YaleCEA for an in-depth discussion on #biomaterials! (2022)
IAQ 2020 (2022) ASHRAE Conference: Athens, Greece
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents an inter-university collaborative paper on behalf of interdisciplinary co-authors: "Informing Indoor Environmental Parameters: Analyzing Measures of Microbial Ecology with Respect to the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality"
COP 26: Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
Prof. Anna Dyson was a speaker at the Experts & Practitioners Roundtable: Climate Migration Challenges for Governance.
Beyond Urban Agriculture
2021 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA) today launched an open digital forum aimed at accelerating urban agriculture in cities and delivering huge benefits on everything from food security to climate change.
Yale CEA presents at the sdewes Conference in Germany
CEA introduced their research work on the Integrated Concentrating Solar Envelope technology at the conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. (2020)
Yale CEA presents at the World Urban Forum
Yale CEA's joins SBC in the World Urban Forum: Promoting Circular Built Environment. Naomi Keena presented Yale CEA research work on bio-based materials. (2020)
Yale CEA joins the Norman Foster Foundation Robotics Atelier
Organized by the Norman Foster Foundation, Anna Dyson, Founding Director at Yale CEA gave a keynote at the third edition of the Robotics 2019 Public Debates in Madrid. (2019)
Yale CEA hosts a UN Climate Summit event at the Yale Club
Yale CEA and UN Environment co-hosted a high-level meeting at the Yale Club in New York City, an opportunity for key officials and experts to address Architecture and Ecosystems for Healthy Resilient cities. (2019)
Yale CEA research featured at WCEF and SBC Events
Naomi Keena represented Yale CEA at The World Circular Economy Forum in Helsinki June 3-5 and at the UN One Planet Network's Sustainable Building and Construction (SBC) Programme's series of Workshop and Meetings, Amsterdam June 6-8. (2019)
Transforming The DNA of the Built Environment - Spring Meeting
TRANSFORMING THE DNA OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT" is a two-part meeting held in the Spring and Fall of 2018 to kick off a collaboration between The Center for Ecosystems in Architecture at Yale (CEA - pronounced ‘see’) and New Lab. (2018)
Rebuilding Architecture Symposium
This symposium, convened by Peggy Deamer, will explore areas that affect the construction of architecture’s discipline and profession—the academy, history/theory, practice, and media/representation—in order to structurally rethink and rebuild architecture. (2018)
Anna Dyson Keynote & Panel Discussion with Bryan C. Lee, Jr. & Steve Dumez; Moderator: Iñaki Alday
March 20-22, 2025 | NEW ORLEANS, LA, 113th Annual Meeting
Urban Development and Planetary Health
Fifth Planetary Health Online Lecture (2021)
Nature-based Solutions in the Built Environment:
Green Materials, Systems and Spaces
3rd CSI Global Forum (2021)
Opportunities for Regenerative Design
Design Colloquium (2020)
Anna Dyson: The resiliency of architecture as propagator of crisis
The Architectural League NY (2019)
Anna Dyson: The resiliency of architecture as propagator of crisis
The Architectural League NY (2019)
Storefront for Art and Architecture | Programming: Series: Manifesto Series: Closed Worlds
Anna Dyson Joins Panel on Circularity, Regeneration, and Urban Design
Architecture, apparel, and art came together in a powerful conversation on circularity, regeneration, and urban space. Moderated by Julia Gamolina, the panel featured insights from Anna Dyson and Elisabeth Sherman, and was hosted by Another Tomorrow and WOAH (Work of Art Holdings).
EMBRACING CHAOS IN A SMART WORLD
'Designing with Biodiversity, Embracing the Complexity of Natural Systems': Anna Dyson - Yale University
Yale CEA at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair – New York
Yale CEA researchers present a biomaterials installation at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York, showcasing a visionary fusion of cultural heritage and ecological innovation. This immersive installation explores how indigenous materials and ancestral craftsmanship can inform a sustainable future for architecture and design.
Biophilic Wellness : Anna Dyson Speaks at Biophilic Leadership Summit
Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci Speak on Biologic Materials at the Annual Design for Freedom Summit at Grace Farms
Design for Freedom Summit hosted by Grace Farms (2025)
BioLogic Materials: Threads of Culture and Sustainability
BioLogic Materials by Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci, Yale CEA, is featured in With Every Fiber, a new long-term exhibition at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. (2024)
Anna Dyson delivers a keynote speach for the AIA Los Angeles 7th Annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change
AIA Los Angeles (2024)
Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, Copenhagen
Anna Dyson is the keynote speaker at Fabricate 2024, with the presentation of Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) research by Yale CEA researcher, Mandi Pretorius.
Bridging the gap between vision and action for a greener panel at the Denmark Pavilion (COP28)
Anna Dyson delves into the future of sustainable architecture and the crucial dialogue on advancing net-zero carbon materials at the Denmark Pavilion.
Yale Planetary Solutions - UNEP/Global ABC Report at COP28
Anna Dyson and Mae-ling Lokko to present the UN Environment Programme, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) and Yale CEA Report.
RENEW REUSE REGROW Summit
Anna Dyson as the keynote speaker at the Summit for an insightful presentation on the latest biomaterial research, decarbonizing buildings, and innovative approaches to a sustainable built environment. Don't miss this opportunity to delve into the future of mass timber, zero carbon design, and adaptive reuse. Anna Dyson, leading the way in sustainable solutions.
How to design and build for a regenerative future
Mae-ling Lokko spoke at Habitat for Earth panel as part of of COP28 in Dubai about
Prototypes for Humanity at COP 28, Dubai
Yale CEA research in Water, the Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) framework, demonstrated at Prototypes for Humanity, a COP28 event in Dubai, and presented by Yale CEA researcher Mandi Pretorius
Exploring the Impact of urban Green Infrastructure on Airborne Biological and Chemical Contaminants Indoors: Developing a Novel Data Collection and Analysis Protocol Utilizing Passive Samplers and Paired Metagenomic & Chemical Analyses
International Society of Exposure Science, 2023 Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA
Yale For Humanity Campaign
Mae-ling Lokko speaks at Yale for Humanity campaign
From Field to Form: An Introduction to Building with Plants and Earth
Mae-ling Lokko discusses the possibilities and implications of designing with plant- and earth-based materials.
Yale CEA Presents with UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction at COP 27
Watch the Recording for an Introduction to CEA's Report on Building Materials and the Climate: Status and Solutions
From Exposure to Human Health: New Developments and Challenges in a Changing Environment.
Work based upon inter-university collaboratoration was presented by Yale School of Public Health PhD Student Elizabeth Lin: "A Novel Method to Explore the Impact of Architectural Design on Biological and Non-Biological Components of the Indoor Exposome"
Holcim Foundation Next Generation Award Winner
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz is awarded the "Next Generation" 4th prize 2020.
NIST-Hosted Workshop: A Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique
PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents inter-university, interdisciplinary work: "Exploring a Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique: A Benchmark Experiment Comparing DNA Yield and Community Profiles Between PDMS and Swab Collection Methods" (IMMSA 1.3, 13:20)
Living Cities Forum in Melbourne
Mae-ling Lokko gives keynote lecture at LCF 2022: Material Flows
Biomaterials: Can Biomaterials Become The Building Blocks for the 21st Century?
Bio-based & biomaterials offer a key opportunity for decarbonizing the buildings and construction sector and achieving 10 of the 17 UN SDGs. Join UNEP & YaleCEA for an in-depth discussion on #biomaterials! (2022)
IAQ 2020 (2022) ASHRAE Conference: Athens, Greece
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents an inter-university collaborative paper on behalf of interdisciplinary co-authors: "Informing Indoor Environmental Parameters: Analyzing Measures of Microbial Ecology with Respect to the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality"
COP 26: Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
Prof. Anna Dyson was a speaker at the Experts & Practitioners Roundtable: Climate Migration Challenges for Governance.
Beyond Urban Agriculture
2021 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA) today launched an open digital forum aimed at accelerating urban agriculture in cities and delivering huge benefits on everything from food security to climate change.
Yale CEA presents at the sdewes Conference in Germany
CEA introduced their research work on the Integrated Concentrating Solar Envelope technology at the conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. (2020)
Yale CEA presents at the World Urban Forum
Yale CEA's joins SBC in the World Urban Forum: Promoting Circular Built Environment. Naomi Keena presented Yale CEA research work on bio-based materials. (2020)
Yale CEA joins the Norman Foster Foundation Robotics Atelier
Organized by the Norman Foster Foundation, Anna Dyson, Founding Director at Yale CEA gave a keynote at the third edition of the Robotics 2019 Public Debates in Madrid. (2019)
Yale CEA hosts a UN Climate Summit event at the Yale Club
Yale CEA and UN Environment co-hosted a high-level meeting at the Yale Club in New York City, an opportunity for key officials and experts to address Architecture and Ecosystems for Healthy Resilient cities. (2019)
Yale CEA research featured at WCEF and SBC Events
Naomi Keena represented Yale CEA at The World Circular Economy Forum in Helsinki June 3-5 and at the UN One Planet Network's Sustainable Building and Construction (SBC) Programme's series of Workshop and Meetings, Amsterdam June 6-8. (2019)
Transforming The DNA of the Built Environment - Spring Meeting
TRANSFORMING THE DNA OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT" is a two-part meeting held in the Spring and Fall of 2018 to kick off a collaboration between The Center for Ecosystems in Architecture at Yale (CEA - pronounced ‘see’) and New Lab. (2018)
Rebuilding Architecture Symposium
This symposium, convened by Peggy Deamer, will explore areas that affect the construction of architecture’s discipline and profession—the academy, history/theory, practice, and media/representation—in order to structurally rethink and rebuild architecture. (2018)
Anna Dyson Keynote & Panel Discussion with Bryan C. Lee, Jr. & Steve Dumez; Moderator: Iñaki Alday
March 20-22, 2025 | NEW ORLEANS, LA, 113th Annual Meeting
Urban Development and Planetary Health
Fifth Planetary Health Online Lecture (2021)
Nature-based Solutions in the Built Environment:
Green Materials, Systems and Spaces
3rd CSI Global Forum (2021)
Opportunities for Regenerative Design
Design Colloquium (2020)
Anna Dyson: The resiliency of architecture as propagator of crisis
The Architectural League NY (2019)
Anna Dyson: The resiliency of architecture as propagator of crisis
The Architectural League NY (2019)
Storefront for Art and Architecture | Programming: Series: Manifesto Series: Closed Worlds
Can you grow a building? Bacterial materials and healthy microbiomes...
Yale CEA researchers Phoebe Ledins and Elizabeth Henaff discuss the implications of recent peer reviewed work on the Naked Scientists Podcast (2025)
Podcast - With Mae-Ling Lokko (Yale) & Henriëtte Waal (Luma Foundation)
In Search of the Pluriverse Podcast Interview with Mae-ling Lokko and Henriëtte Waal
Mae-ling Lokko in conversation with Melbourne bureau chief for Bloomberg News, Chris Bourke
Material Living Cities Forum 2022: Mae-ling Lokko
Yale CEA Presents with UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction at COP 27
Watch the Recording for an Introduction to CEA's Report on Building Materials and the Climate: Status and Solutions
Design Emergency Podcast: Paola Antonelli Interviews Mae-ling Lokko
Mae-ling Lokko on Building with Agrowaste
NPR 51% Female Architects Creating Community Gardens.
Mae-ling Lokko interviewed for NPR 51% podcast
Addressing Indoor Air Pollution with Award-Winning Design
(Yale Talk, 2021) Conversations with President Peter Salovey: CEA PhD Phoebe Mankiewicz
COP 26: Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
Prof. Anna Dyson was a speaker at the Experts & Practitioners Roundtable: Climate Migration Challenges for Governance.
Addressing Indoor Air Pollution with Award-Winning Design
Yale Talk Podcast, Yale University (2021)
Anna Dyson: The future of contemporary urban systems
Norman Foster Foundation Podcast (2020)
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Anna Dyson Joins Panel on Circularity, Regeneration, and Urban Design
Architecture, apparel, and art came together in a powerful conversation on circularity, regeneration, and urban space. Moderated by Julia Gamolina, the panel featured insights from Anna Dyson and Elisabeth Sherman, and was hosted by Another Tomorrow and WOAH (Work of Art Holdings).
EMBRACING CHAOS IN A SMART WORLD
'Designing with Biodiversity, Embracing the Complexity of Natural Systems': Anna Dyson - Yale University
Yale CEA at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair – New York
Yale CEA researchers present a biomaterials installation at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York, showcasing a visionary fusion of cultural heritage and ecological innovation. This immersive installation explores how indigenous materials and ancestral craftsmanship can inform a sustainable future for architecture and design.
Biophilic Wellness : Anna Dyson Speaks at Biophilic Leadership Summit
Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci Speak on Biologic Materials at the Annual Design for Freedom Summit at Grace Farms
Design for Freedom Summit hosted by Grace Farms (2025)
Can you grow a building? Bacterial materials and healthy microbiomes...
Yale CEA researchers Phoebe Ledins and Elizabeth Henaff discuss the implications of recent peer reviewed work on the Naked Scientists Podcast (2025)
Anna Dyson Keynote & Panel Discussion with Bryan C. Lee, Jr. & Steve Dumez; Moderator: Iñaki Alday
March 20-22, 2025 | NEW ORLEANS, LA, 113th Annual Meeting
Yale CEA and UNCCD Present IDRO at COP16 in Riyadh
The International Drought Resilience Observatory (IDRO) is a global platform developed by UNCCD and Yale CEAto help countries Anticipate, Prepare for, and Adapt to droughts.
It brings together real-time data, resilience indicators, and best practices to support decision-makers and build long-term drought resilience worldwide.
Anna Dyson delivers a keynote speach for the AIA Los Angeles 7th Annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change
AIA Los Angeles (2024)
Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, Copenhagen
Anna Dyson is the keynote speaker at Fabricate 2024, with the presentation of Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) research by Yale CEA researcher, Mandi Pretorius.
BioLogic Materials: Threads of Culture and Sustainability
BioLogic Materials by Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci, Yale CEA, is featured in With Every Fiber, a new long-term exhibition at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. (2024)
Global Drought Snapshot 2023
THE NEED FOR PROACTIVE ACTION
In collaboration with UNCCD, Yale CEA developed and designed “Global Drought Snapshot 2023” website
Prototypes for Humanity at COP 28, Dubai
Yale CEA research in Water, the Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) framework, demonstrated at Prototypes for Humanity, a COP28 event in Dubai, and presented by Yale CEA researcher Mandi Pretorius
Exploring the Impact of urban Green Infrastructure on Airborne Biological and Chemical Contaminants Indoors: Developing a Novel Data Collection and Analysis Protocol Utilizing Passive Samplers and Paired Metagenomic & Chemical Analyses
International Society of Exposure Science, 2023 Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA
MoMA Commission for “Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design" featured in the New York Times
Mae-ling Lokko is commissioned for MoMA's “Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design" exhibition
Nobel Prize Museum exhibition will dive into the world of fungi
Mae-ling Lokko to show work at Nobel Prize Museum
MoMA audio commissions from Mae-ling Lokko for upcoming "Emerging Ecologies Exhibition"
"Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism" Exhibition will present seven newly commissioned audio pieces from some of today’s leading architects and researchers.
Yale For Humanity Campaign
Mae-ling Lokko speaks at Yale for Humanity campaign
dezeen magazine: The Dezeen guide to mass timber in architecture
ELM project featured as the Parallel-strand lumber (PSL)
Yale Daily News: A look inside the Yale Center for Ecosystems and Architecture
A collaboration between six Yale schools, the Yale CEA seeks to develop new systems for sustainable design and ecology.
Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil Health
brings together convergent research in integrated material life cycle design and ecosystems design
Architecture's top green projects and sustainability innovations in 2023
Archinect 2023 year in review featured the Building Materials and Climate report as top innovation in 2023 under Material Research & Academia.
Farming Secure Water project featured at COP28 in Dubai for Prototypes for Humanity
Leading the project Mandi Pretorius, Ph.D. Candidate and Researcher at Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture.
Design Emergency Podcast: Paola Antonelli Interviews Mae-ling Lokko
Mae-ling Lokko on Building with Agrowaste
Yale CEA Presents with UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction at COP 27
Watch the Recording for an Introduction to CEA's Report on Building Materials and the Climate: Status and Solutions
2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction
Yale CEA joins UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction in Releasing Updates towards Zero Emission Futures for the Built Environment
Holcim Foundation Next Generation Award Winner
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz is awarded the "Next Generation" 4th prize 2020.
Living Cities Forum in Melbourne
Mae-ling Lokko gives keynote lecture at LCF 2022: Material Flows
Addressing Indoor Air Pollution with Award-Winning Design
(Yale Talk, 2021) Conversations with President Peter Salovey: CEA PhD Phoebe Mankiewicz
Iffat Ridwana and Mae-ling Lokko win Best Paper Award at ARCC 2021 Conference: Performative Environments
ARCC 2021 Conference: Performative Environments
UN Environment Assembly 4: Eco-building
This video showcases eco-friendly sustainable building materials featured at the 4th UN Environment Assembly.
Biomaterials: Can Biomaterials Become The Building Blocks for the 21st Century?
Bio-based & biomaterials offer a key opportunity for decarbonizing the buildings and construction sector and achieving 10 of the 17 UN SDGs. Join UNEP & YaleCEA for an in-depth discussion on #biomaterials! (2022)
COP 26: Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
Prof. Anna Dyson was a speaker at the Experts & Practitioners Roundtable: Climate Migration Challenges for Governance.
Global ambition: ‘Reinventing the DNA of the built environment’
Yale News (2021)
LafargeHolcim Names North American Next Generation Prize Winners
Architect Magazine (2021)
SOM Foundation 2021 Research Prize Awards to Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil Health
SOM Foundation (2021)
From concrete to steel, how construction makes up the ‘last mile’ of decarbonization
Fortune (2021)
A big data collaboration between Yale CEA and the UNCCD
Using SEVA, the UNCCD incorporated data from the “GGW: Implementation Status and Way Ahead to 2030” Report to highlight the progress made by countries in Africa's Sahel region. (2020)
Yale CEA takes up residency at the Boston Autodesk Technology Center
Yale CEA is taking up residency at the Boston Autodesk Technology Center to further ongoing research development in the area of building-integrated water management, with SEWR. (2020)
Yale CEA and Enel Foundation enter a new partnership
Yale CEA and ENEL Foundation are joining forces to research the nexus between water, energy, and material flows in defining transformative ways to address rapid urbanization among other in the African context. (2019)
New York Design Award 2019 for the ELM project
DRIVENxDESIGN award celebrates innovative and creative design for environmental projects. Consideration given to materials, finishes, sustainability and environmental impact. (2019)
Yale CEA event: a message from the Executive Director of the UNEP
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UNEP, gave a keynote address at the occasion of a high-level meeting at the Yale Club in New York City, an event organized by Yale CEA and UNEP. (2019)
ELM voted #1 world-changing idea (UN News)
Measuring just about 22-square-meters, an Ecological Living Module was presented last September to get people thinking about decent, affordable housing that limits the overuse of natural resources and helps the battle against destructive climate change. (2019)
Yale CEA presents an Ecological Pavilion in Nairobi at the UNEA-4
UNEP with Yale CEA launched an ecological pavilion showing biomaterials and environmental systems (2019)
10 Radical Tiny Homes That Challenge What You Know About Micro Living
Dwell (2019)
ELM: Winner of the 2018 Residential Architect Design Awards
ELM selected as one of the Winners of the 2018 Residential Architect Design Awards. (2018)
Super-Sustainable Dwelling goes on view at UN HQ
A collaboration between the Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture, Gray Organschi Architecture, and the U.N., the CLT module was designed and built within a breakneck speed of five weeks. (2018)
Launch of the Ecological Living Module (ELM)
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module. (2018)
Metropolis: Super-Sustainable Dwelling, Built to Push the Limits of Self-Sufficiency, Goes on View at U.N. Headquarters
Metropolis (2018)
Architect: Ecological Living Module (ELM)
Architect Magazine (2018)
8 Shelter-Design Innovations Provide High-Tech, Eco-Friendly Paths to Permanence
RedShift Autodesk (2018)
Green Wall at the PSAC II
It's main gathering space includes a plant wall developed by CASE. This plant wall also filters the air and reduces energy use. (2017)
A new building by SOM keeps NYC safe—and looks good doing it
A new building by SOM keeps New York City safe—and looks good doing it. (2017)
Solar Panels That–Gasp–Aren’t Ugly!
It’s architecture’s Holy Grail, and a R&D team at Rensselaer is one step closer to claiming it.
Yale CEA presented at the UIA World Congress of Architects, Copenhagen
2023 - Yale CEA delegates participated in panel discussions, moderated sessions, and showcased emerging research at the Next Gen Student Summit
Field study in household water quality, Guatemala
2023 - Towards developing affordable and robust means of ensuring safe drinking water at the household scale, the cohort is conducting field testing of the SEWR water treatment technology to study water disinfection efficiency against bacterial and viral target pathogens
From Exposure to Human Health: New Developments and Challenges in a Changing Environment.
Work based upon inter-university collaboratoration was presented by Yale School of Public Health PhD Student Elizabeth Lin: "A Novel Method to Explore the Impact of Architectural Design on Biological and Non-Biological Components of the Indoor Exposome"
NIST-Hosted Workshop: A Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique
PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents inter-university, interdisciplinary work: "Exploring a Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique: A Benchmark Experiment Comparing DNA Yield and Community Profiles Between PDMS and Swab Collection Methods" (IMMSA 1.3, 13:20)
Biomaterials: Can Biomaterials Become The Building Blocks for the 21st Century?
Bio-based & biomaterials offer a key opportunity for decarbonizing the #buildings and #construction sector and achieving 10 of the 17 UN SDGs. Join UNEP & YaleCEA for an in-depth discussion on #biomaterials! (2022)
IAQ 2020 (2022) ASHRAE Conference: Athens, Greece
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents an inter-university collaborative paper on behalf of interdisciplinary co-authors: "Informing Indoor Environmental Parameters: Analyzing Measures of Microbial Ecology with Respect to the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality"
UPenn Ph.D. Conference on Precarity, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
2022 - Yale CEA researcher and PhD Candidate Mandi Pretorius presented research in Household Water Security titled "Questioning the Constructed Intangibilities of Water Resources in the Urban Domestic."
SOM Foundation 2021 Research Prize "Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil Health"
2022 - Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil Health led by Anna Dyson and Mae-ling Lokko, aims to investigate a new paradigm for connecting agricultural waste to large-scale regional material supply chains. The project will be developed in partnership with Global Mamas in Ghana and Ecolibri in Guatemala.
Beyond Urban Agriculture
2021 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA) today launched an open digital forum aimed at accelerating urban agriculture in cities and delivering huge benefits on everything from food security to climate change.
Awarded EPA P3 Student Grant
2021 - Investigating the integration of novel enhanced Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) techniques into a building envelope assembly, towards increasing the viability of on-site renewable energy-based water recuperation
NSF-Funded Nanosystems Engineering Research Center For Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT)
2019 - Investigating the incorporation of nanophotonics enhanced water purification in the The Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR)
Anna Dyson Joins Panel on Circularity, Regeneration, and Urban Design
Architecture, apparel, and art came together in a powerful conversation on circularity, regeneration, and urban space. Moderated by Julia Gamolina, the panel featured insights from Anna Dyson and Elisabeth Sherman, and was hosted by Another Tomorrow and WOAH (Work of Art Holdings).
EMBRACING CHAOS IN A SMART WORLD
'Designing with Biodiversity, Embracing the Complexity of Natural Systems': Anna Dyson - Yale University
Yale CEA at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair – New York
Yale CEA researchers present a biomaterials installation at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York, showcasing a visionary fusion of cultural heritage and ecological innovation. This immersive installation explores how indigenous materials and ancestral craftsmanship can inform a sustainable future for architecture and design.
Biophilic Wellness : Anna Dyson Speaks at Biophilic Leadership Summit
Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci Speak on Biologic Materials at the Annual Design for Freedom Summit at Grace Farms
Design for Freedom Summit hosted by Grace Farms (2025)
Can you grow a building? Bacterial materials and healthy microbiomes...
Yale CEA researchers Phoebe Ledins and Elizabeth Henaff discuss the implications of recent peer reviewed work on the Naked Scientists Podcast (2025)
Anna Dyson Keynote & Panel Discussion with Bryan C. Lee, Jr. & Steve Dumez; Moderator: Iñaki Alday
March 20-22, 2025 | NEW ORLEANS, LA, 113th Annual Meeting
BioLogic Materials: Threads of Culture and Sustainability
BioLogic Materials by Anna Dyson and Ina Dajci, Yale CEA, is featured in With Every Fiber, a new long-term exhibition at Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. (2024)
IDRO
Through the International Drought Resilience Observatory (IDRO), an AI-powered data platform, we aim to provide decision-makers with a single portal for analyzing and visualizing key drought resilience indicators.
Yale CEA and UNCCD Present IDRO at COP16 in Riyadh
The International Drought Resilience Observatory (IDRO) is a global platform developed by UNCCD and Yale CEAto help countries Anticipate, Prepare for, and Adapt to droughts.
It brings together real-time data, resilience indicators, and best practices to support decision-makers and build long-term drought resilience worldwide.
FABRICATE 2024 KEYNOTE: Anna Dyson
Professor Anna Dyson is Founding Director of the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA), a research initiative focusing on the challenge of metabolising energy, water, and materials with radically new biocompatible methods.
From Field to Form: Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future Report Launch
The Architectural League presents a livestream of the launch of Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future, a global report by the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalAB
Yale School of the Environment: BIOMES Anna Dyson
Yale School of the Environment, Built Ecologies, Anna Dyson
Anna Dyson delivers a keynote speach for the AIA Los Angeles 7th Annual 1.5°C Symposium on Climate Change
AIA Los Angeles (2024)
Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, Copenhagen
Anna Dyson is the keynote speaker at Fabricate 2024, with the presentation of Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) research by Yale CEA researcher, Mandi Pretorius.
Global Drought Snapshot 2023
THE NEED FOR PROACTIVE ACTION
In collaboration with UNCCD, Yale CEA developed and designed “Global Drought Snapshot 2023” website
Bridging the gap between vision and action for a greener panel at the Denmark Pavilion (COP28)
Anna Dyson delves into the future of sustainable architecture and the crucial dialogue on advancing net-zero carbon materials at the Denmark Pavilion.
Yale Planetary Solutions - UNEP/Global ABC Report at COP28
Anna Dyson and Mae-ling Lokko to present the UN Environment Programme, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) and Yale CEA Report.
RENEW REUSE REGROW Summit
Anna Dyson as the keynote speaker at the Summit for an insightful presentation on the latest biomaterial research, decarbonizing buildings, and innovative approaches to a sustainable built environment. Don't miss this opportunity to delve into the future of mass timber, zero carbon design, and adaptive reuse. Anna Dyson, leading the way in sustainable solutions.
How to design and build for a regenerative future
Mae-ling Lokko spoke at Habitat for Earth panel as part of of COP28 in Dubai about
Prototypes for Humanity at COP 28, Dubai
Yale CEA research in Water, the Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse (SEWR) framework, demonstrated at Prototypes for Humanity, a COP28 event in Dubai, and presented by Yale CEA researcher Mandi Pretorius
Exploring the Impact of urban Green Infrastructure on Airborne Biological and Chemical Contaminants Indoors: Developing a Novel Data Collection and Analysis Protocol Utilizing Passive Samplers and Paired Metagenomic & Chemical Analyses
International Society of Exposure Science, 2023 Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA
MoMA Commission for “Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design" featured in the New York Times
Mae-ling Lokko is commissioned for MoMA's “Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design" exhibition
Nobel Prize Museum exhibition will dive into the world of fungi
Mae-ling Lokko to show work at Nobel Prize Museum
MoMA audio commissions from Mae-ling Lokko for upcoming "Emerging Ecologies Exhibition"
"Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism" Exhibition will present seven newly commissioned audio pieces from some of today’s leading architects and researchers.
Yale For Humanity Campaign
Mae-ling Lokko speaks at Yale for Humanity campaign
dezeen magazine: The Dezeen guide to mass timber in architecture
ELM project featured as the Parallel-strand lumber (PSL)
From Field to Form: An Introduction to Building with Plants and Earth
Mae-ling Lokko discusses the possibilities and implications of designing with plant- and earth-based materials.
Yale Daily News: A look inside the Yale Center for Ecosystems and Architecture
A collaboration between six Yale schools, the Yale CEA seeks to develop new systems for sustainable design and ecology.
Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil Health
brings together convergent research in integrated material life cycle design and ecosystems design
Architecture's top green projects and sustainability innovations in 2023
Archinect 2023 year in review featured the Building Materials and Climate report as top innovation in 2023 under Material Research & Academia.
Farming Secure Water project featured at COP28 in Dubai for Prototypes for Humanity
Leading the project Mandi Pretorius, Ph.D. Candidate and Researcher at Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture.
Mae-ling Lokko in conversation with Melbourne bureau chief for Bloomberg News, Chris Bourke
Material Living Cities Forum 2022: Mae-ling Lokko
Design Emergency Podcast: Paola Antonelli Interviews Mae-ling Lokko
Mae-ling Lokko on Building with Agrowaste
Yale CEA Presents with UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction at COP 27
Watch the Recording for an Introduction to CEA's Report on Building Materials and the Climate: Status and Solutions
Building Materials & the Climate Status and Solutions - Yale CEA
Building for our Future - The potential of the buildings sector and building materials for a climate-neutral world. Presentation and Panel discussion by Anna Dyson, Mae-ling Lokko, Mohamed Aly Etman and Naomi Keena.
2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction
Yale CEA joins UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction in Releasing Updates towards Zero Emission Futures for the Built Environment
The Weitzman School Presents: Anna Dyson
On Monday, September 21, 2022, the Department of Architecture hosted Anna Dyson who presented the Abend Family Lecture.
Holcim Foundation Next Generation Award Winner
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz is awarded the "Next Generation" 4th prize 2020.
Living Cities Forum in Melbourne
Mae-ling Lokko gives keynote lecture at LCF 2022: Material Flows
Podcast - With Mae-Ling Lokko (Yale) & Henriëtte Waal (Luma Foundation)
In Search of the Pluriverse Podcast Interview with Mae-ling Lokko and Henriëtte Waal
Addressing Indoor Air Pollution with Award-Winning Design
(Yale Talk, 2021) Conversations with President Peter Salovey: CEA PhD Phoebe Mankiewicz
NPR 51% Female Architects Creating Community Gardens.
Mae-ling Lokko interviewed for NPR 51% podcast
Iffat Ridwana and Mae-ling Lokko win Best Paper Award at ARCC 2021 Conference: Performative Environments
ARCC 2021 Conference: Performative Environments
UN Environment Assembly 4: Eco-building
This video showcases eco-friendly sustainable building materials featured at the 4th UN Environment Assembly.
ELM NYC
Yale CEA partnered with Gray Organschi Architecture and UNEP to demonstrate on-site net-zero self-sufficiency for energy, water and food.
Biomaterials: Can Biomaterials Become The Building Blocks for the 21st Century?
Bio-based & biomaterials offer a key opportunity for decarbonizing the buildings and construction sector and achieving 10 of the 17 UN SDGs. Join UNEP & YaleCEA for an in-depth discussion on #biomaterials! (2022)
COP 26: Climate Law and Governance Day 2021
Prof. Anna Dyson was a speaker at the Experts & Practitioners Roundtable: Climate Migration Challenges for Governance.
Global ambition: ‘Reinventing the DNA of the built environment’
Yale News (2021)
LafargeHolcim Names North American Next Generation Prize Winners
Architect Magazine (2021)
SOM Foundation 2021 Research Prize Awards to Soil Sisters: An Intersectoral Material Design Framework for Soil Health
SOM Foundation (2021)
Urban Development and Planetary Health
Fifth Planetary Health Online Lecture (2021)
Addressing Indoor Air Pollution with Award-Winning Design
Yale Talk Podcast, Yale University (2021)
From concrete to steel, how construction makes up the ‘last mile’ of decarbonization
Fortune (2021)
Nature-based Solutions in the Built Environment:
Green Materials, Systems and Spaces
3rd CSI Global Forum (2021)
A big data collaboration between Yale CEA and the UNCCD
Using SEVA, the UNCCD incorporated data from the “GGW: Implementation Status and Way Ahead to 2030” Report to highlight the progress made by countries in Africa's Sahel region. (2020)
Yale CEA presents at the sdewes Conference in Germany
CEA introduced their research work on the Integrated Concentrating Solar Envelope technology at the conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. (2020)
Yale CEA takes up residency at the Boston Autodesk Technology Center
Yale CEA is taking up residency at the Boston Autodesk Technology Center to further ongoing research development in the area of building-integrated water management, with SEWR. (2020)
Yale CEA presents at the World Urban Forum
Yale CEA's joins SBC in the World Urban Forum: Promoting Circular Built Environment. Naomi Keena presented Yale CEA research work on bio-based materials. (2020)
Opportunities for Regenerative Design
Design Colloquium (2020)
Anna Dyson: The future of contemporary urban systems
Norman Foster Foundation Podcast (2020)
Yale CEA and Enel Foundation enter a new partnership
Yale CEA and ENEL Foundation are joining forces to research the nexus between water, energy, and material flows in defining transformative ways to address rapid urbanization among other in the African context. (2019)
Yale CEA joins the Norman Foster Foundation Robotics Atelier
Organized by the Norman Foster Foundation, Anna Dyson, Founding Director at Yale CEA gave a keynote at the third edition of the Robotics 2019 Public Debates in Madrid. (2019)
New York Design Award 2019 for the ELM project
DRIVENxDESIGN award celebrates innovative and creative design for environmental projects. Consideration given to materials, finishes, sustainability and environmental impact. (2019)
Yale CEA event: a message from the Executive Director of the UNEP
Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UNEP, gave a keynote address at the occasion of a high-level meeting at the Yale Club in New York City, an event organized by Yale CEA and UNEP. (2019)
Yale CEA hosts a UN Climate Summit event at the Yale Club
Yale CEA and UN Environment co-hosted a high-level meeting at the Yale Club in New York City, an opportunity for key officials and experts to address Architecture and Ecosystems for Healthy Resilient cities. (2019)
Yale CEA research featured at WCEF and SBC Events
Naomi Keena represented Yale CEA at The World Circular Economy Forum in Helsinki June 3-5 and at the UN One Planet Network's Sustainable Building and Construction (SBC) Programme's series of Workshop and Meetings, Amsterdam June 6-8. (2019)
ELM voted #1 world-changing idea (UN News)
Measuring just about 22-square-meters, an Ecological Living Module was presented last September to get people thinking about decent, affordable housing that limits the overuse of natural resources and helps the battle against destructive climate change. (2019)
Yale CEA presents an Ecological Pavilion in Nairobi at the UNEA-4
UNEP with Yale CEA launched an ecological pavilion showing biomaterials and environmental systems (2019)
Anna Dyson: The resiliency of architecture as propagator of crisis
The Architectural League NY (2019)
Anna Dyson: The resiliency of architecture as propagator of crisis
The Architectural League NY (2019)
10 Radical Tiny Homes That Challenge What You Know About Micro Living
Dwell (2019)
ELM: Winner of the 2018 Residential Architect Design Awards
ELM selected as one of the Winners of the 2018 Residential Architect Design Awards. (2018)
Super-Sustainable Dwelling goes on view at UN HQ
A collaboration between the Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture, Gray Organschi Architecture, and the U.N., the CLT module was designed and built within a breakneck speed of five weeks. (2018)
Launch of the Ecological Living Module (ELM)
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module. (2018)
Transforming The DNA of the Built Environment - Spring Meeting
TRANSFORMING THE DNA OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT" is a two-part meeting held in the Spring and Fall of 2018 to kick off a collaboration between The Center for Ecosystems in Architecture at Yale (CEA - pronounced ‘see’) and New Lab. (2018)
Rebuilding Architecture Symposium
This symposium, convened by Peggy Deamer, will explore areas that affect the construction of architecture’s discipline and profession—the academy, history/theory, practice, and media/representation—in order to structurally rethink and rebuild architecture. (2018)
Metropolis: Super-Sustainable Dwelling, Built to Push the Limits of Self-Sufficiency, Goes on View at U.N. Headquarters
Metropolis (2018)
Storefront for Art and Architecture | Programming: Series: Manifesto Series: Closed Worlds
Architect: Ecological Living Module (ELM)
Architect Magazine (2018)
8 Shelter-Design Innovations Provide High-Tech, Eco-Friendly Paths to Permanence
RedShift Autodesk (2018)
Green Wall at the PSAC II
It's main gathering space includes a plant wall developed by CASE. This plant wall also filters the air and reduces energy use. (2017)
A new building by SOM keeps NYC safe—and looks good doing it
A new building by SOM keeps New York City safe—and looks good doing it. (2017)
Solar Panels That–Gasp–Aren’t Ugly!
It’s architecture’s Holy Grail, and a R&D team at Rensselaer is one step closer to claiming it.
From Exposure to Human Health: New Developments and Challenges in a Changing Environment.
Work based upon inter-university collaboratoration was presented by Yale School of Public Health PhD Student Elizabeth Lin: "A Novel Method to Explore the Impact of Architectural Design on Biological and Non-Biological Components of the Indoor Exposome"
NIST-Hosted Workshop: A Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique
PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents inter-university, interdisciplinary work: "Exploring a Novel Microbiome Sampling Technique: A Benchmark Experiment Comparing DNA Yield and Community Profiles Between PDMS and Swab Collection Methods" (IMMSA 1.3, 13:20)
Biomaterials: Can Biomaterials Become The Building Blocks for the 21st Century?
Bio-based & biomaterials offer a key opportunity for decarbonizing the #buildings and #construction sector and achieving 10 of the 17 UN SDGs. Join UNEP & YaleCEA for an in-depth discussion on #biomaterials! (2022)
IAQ 2020 (2022) ASHRAE Conference: Athens, Greece
Yale CEA PhD Candidate Phoebe Mankiewicz presents an inter-university collaborative paper on behalf of interdisciplinary co-authors: "Informing Indoor Environmental Parameters: Analyzing Measures of Microbial Ecology with Respect to the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality"
UPenn Ph.D. Conference on Precarity, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
2022 - Yale CEA researcher and PhD Candidate Mandi Pretorius presented research in Household Water Security titled "Questioning the Constructed Intangibilities of Water Resources in the Urban Domestic."
Beyond Urban Agriculture
2021 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA) today launched an open digital forum aimed at accelerating urban agriculture in cities and delivering huge benefits on everything from food security to climate change.
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