A child may survive violence, homelessness, or other profoundly distressing circumstance, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. The stress-response system that trauma activates in the body can have ...

Design is more powerful than we often realize. Trauma-informed design is the intentional creation of spaces that help people feel safer and more in control, especially if they’ve experienced adversity ...

Andrea Giovando believes design has the power to improve your day–and even your life. The principal and senior interior designer at Bond Architects was first introduced to the formal concept of trauma ...

Hopefully, most of us won’t have to deal with being homeless during our lives — however, that shouldn’t keep us from feeling empathy for those who are in this situation. Ikea has turned its empathy ...

As awareness of trauma-informed care grows across healthcare, education, and community settings, designers are increasingly being asked to translate clinical principles into physical space. With the ...

HMC Architects has released Architecture for Healing: Trauma-Informed Design, a new guidebook developed in partnership with Bassetti Architects, a design studio of HMC. The publication examines how ...