Ref: Porta, S. Russell, P. Romice, O. Vidoli, M. P. (2014), Construction and Therapy: an integrated approach to design build, Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference, October 16-18, 2014, Halifax, NS.

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In 2013, the Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde began work to develop a new area of research, provisionally named “Construction and Therapy”. Construction and Therapy (C&T) is a premise that construction, specifically the making of one’s place in the world, has the potential to heal.

Download the paper here: Construction and Therapy