Marwa's commitment and dedication to co-creating a healthier planet for all, with no one is left behind, was shaped by her early travels around the world at a young age. With architecture as her chosen tool, she has embarked on a journey that has taken her in different destination gaining exposure to various cultures and landscapes across the globe. Marwa's diverse project experience highlights her versatility and ability to tackle various challenges with creative solutions. Her involvement in projects of different scales and sectors demonstrates her adaptability and commitment to addressing unique requirements. By integrating sustainable practices into each design, Marwa consistently strives to achieve environmentally conscious solutions that align with every project's specific goals and aspirations. In her design, Marwa strives to create meaningful connections between people and spaces based on a story-driven mindset, aiming to create a distinct sense of place that harmonizes with the project's location, the client's requirements, and the community it serves. Marwa believes that successful design patterns in the built environmen has an immense influence on the emotional and psychological well-being of humans. Marwa is registered as an Architect with the Alberta Association of Architects. She is also an active member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and is a LEED® Accredited Professional, a WELL Accredited Professional, and a member of the Emergency Architecture & Human rights organization. Whether it's through research, advocacy, or community engagement, Marwa actively pursues avenues to advance the profession and promote sustainable, inclusive, and socially responsible design; currently, Marwa serves on the WELL Advisory Board at IWBI, and she actively seeks innovative solutions to address embodied carbon through her pursuit of regenerative architecture. Taking a life-cycle approach to materials and systems used in building design through creating buildings with a net-positive impact on the environment. Having studied and lived worldwide and being interested in international and humanitarian-focused design, Marwa is committed to contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a global framework. She was recently selected to be a Local Pathway Fellow with the UN SDSN-cohort 2023, among 100 young professionals representing 80 cities worldwide, focused on SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities. Marwa has also collaborated with the University of Alberta on studies, training programs, and research projects, helping to build resilient communities. This experience has given her a unique perspective on designing spaces where cultural diversity and a sense of belonging are embraced.

Striving for a better understanding of human behavior in order to improve environmental design, Dr. Christensen has invested decades studying the connections between behavioral sciences, neuroscience and the human experience of architecture. Uniting behavioral, cognitive and neuroscience discoveries into useful, empathic programming and design approaches allows her to address humanity’s most complex problems through architecture. She leverages those insights to transform practice and connect architecture empathically to the people it serves. She currently serves as Director and Mind Concept Lead for the International WELL Building Institute where she is responsible for translating complex theoretical concepts into implementable requirements for architects and designers. Her previous position as a Senior Research Fellow at National University of Singapore, School of Design and Environment (2019-2021) leveraged on her knowledge of Long-Term Care (LTC) design which resulted in peer reviewed journal articles and an architectural design brief for their national ministries to create future-ready nursing homes. In addition to working with the Department of Real Estate to develop a sustainable managed-care finance model for elderly care, she also worked with the Building and Urban Data Science (BUDs) lab at NUS’s Department of Building to increase the scope of their mobile data platform, Cozie, to integrate human-centered input (presented at the 2022 ISIAQ conference). Dr. Christensen has presented her research at international conferences such as Environmental Research Design Association (EDRA), Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) and International Conference on Environmental Psychology (IECP) and has been a peer reviewer for EDRA conference presentation proposals since 2018. As a lifelong learner, Dr. Christensen holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master’s degree in Environment & Behavior from the Department of Architectural Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, a Master’s degree in Education (Human Services) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Drury University, Springfield, Missouri. In her free time, you can find her reading, listening to her favorite podcast or exploring unknown territories with one (or more) of her six children.

With expertise in architecture and research psychology, Tyrone Yang takes a human-centered approach towards planning and designing healthy environments for knowledge-work organizations. He currently serves on the Mind Concept Advisory for the WELL Building Standard. His company, Entegra + Architectural Health, works with architects and owners to implement healthy and sustainable buildings, using LEED, WELL and Fitwel building standards as frameworks. Tyrone is a licensed architect and member of the American Institute of Architects and the Boston Society of Architects, where he co-chaired the Small Practices Network. His credentials include being a WELL Accredited Professional, FitWel Ambassador and LEED Accredited Professional. Tyrone’s academic involvement includes classes in psychology and research methods at the University of Virginia; and classes on human factors in sustainable architecture at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He also worked as an affiliate researcher and course collaborator at the City Science / Changing Places group at the MIT Media Lab. Currently, he teaches Environmental Design Research at the Department of Architecture at Roger Williams University. Tyrone graduated with a Masters in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2002. He also has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University.