8:30-9:30 a.m

130-J. Design with Data: Reducing Loneliness in Senior Housing

Social architecture deliberately designs environments to shape human behavior and foster meaningful connections. This session will show how a senior housing development used this approach to design a 30,000-square-foot ground-floor renovation. Presenters will explain how they tracked residents' engagement and support needs using a customized, artificial intelligence-enabled platform, then applied proxemics—the study of how humans use physical space and distance to communicate—to determine hallway widths, select furniture, and set seating capacity. You'll learn the science behind the community's planning process and consider how isolation measurement tools might help you design spaces that encourage connection.

• Jesse Wescott, Associate Vice President, The Towers at Tower Lane — New Haven, CT, USA
• Gustave Keach-Longo, President/CEO, The Towers at Tower Lane — New Haven, CT, USA