Center for Active Design

We are delighted to introduce the winners of this year's Center for Active Design: Excellence awards! These projects from around the world captivated the jury with their creative design thinking, and impressive impact on health and engagement.

The Assembly Civic Engagement Survey is the first study to examine specific community design features that influence civic life, using large-sample survey methods and visual experiments.

Mariposa, Colorado. Photo: Courtesy of Mithun Architects.

Fannie Mae introduces Healthy Housing Rewards™ for Affordable Multifamily Properties, requiring use of CfAD's Healthy Housing Index

Fitwel is honored as one of the 2017 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Social Good by Fast Company, recognizing Fitwel’s ability to catalyze industry transformation of workplaces to promote health.

The Center for Active Design was honored to speak at the 2017 SXSW conference to share details of our Assembly initiative at a session titled Designing for Engagement: How Smart Urban Design can Shape Space for Civic Life.

Did you know?

People that are socially engaged and actively involved in their communities tend to be healthier, both physically and mentally.

If trends continue, 86% of adults will be overweight or obese by the year 2030 and total attributable health-care costs will be $860-956 billion per year.