With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Case Lindberg has committed the last decade to the scientific intersection of design and health. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology and a Master of Education from Stanford University, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado Denver. His expertise spans research methods, including physiological and environmental sensing techniques. Dr. Lindberg is dedicated to translating scientific, human-centered insights to design through the education of emerging designers. Through his work for the international architecture firm HKS, Inc., he contributes design research and strategy to workplace, retail, and campus space typologies. He has published academically in several fields, including medicine, design, psychology, and environmental conditions, and his work has been covered by several international media outlets. He currently serves as research advisor to the International WELL Building Institute.
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Individual differences, emotion, human behavior, architecture, interior design
ENVD 1004 - Introduction to Environmental Design
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Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Introduces methods, principles and philosophies that guide environmental design. Explores ways of thinking about, and accomplishing, the act of design. Students contemplate the processes and motivations behind design decisions including discussions of environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Required for majors in Environmental Design (ARCH, EPOD, LAND, PLAN) and open option (ENVD).
ENVD 1020 - Studio 1: Introduction to Architecture
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces students to strategies and techniques of architectural design and communication in a hands-on studio environment. Students explore architectural form-making and design opportunities through an iterative design process culminating with a small-scale architectural project that responds to environmental, contextual and programmatic needs. Course is part of a co-requisite sequence: ENVD 1020, Studio 1: Introduction to Architecture, an 7-week class which is taken in the second half of the first semester. ENVD 1010, Studio 1: Introduction to Environmental Products of Design, taken during the first 7-weeks of the semester, and ENVD 1002, Technology 1: Applications for Environmental Design is a 14-week class that is taught alongside the two 7-week studios.
ENVD 2001 - Human Behavior and Design
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Examines reciprocal relationships between people and the built and natural environments and the ways that human well-being is impacted by the built environment. Traces major issues and approaches in design research to understand how people are influenced by the environment and how they can create healthy, just, and livable places.
ENVD 3100 - ENVD Interdisciplinary Design Studio
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Spring 2025
Explores a sequence of investigations that lead to the development of design concepts for critical evaluation and discussion. Students analyze intermediate to advanced design practices that are common to the disciplines of architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and product design through an interdisciplinary design project.
ENVD 4979 - Honors Thesis
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Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2025
Working with an advisor, students prepare, complete, and defend a research-based honors thesis project, in an area of Environmental Design. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours.
