Design for Sensory Well-being

Lisa Adams is a Senior Interior Designer and Principal at HKS. She partners closely with HKS Research to produce forward-thinking design solutions. She is one of the founding Steering Committee members of Citizen HKS, a consortium of design professionals within HKS working on public interest design projects. Lisa’s commercial and healthcare spaces have won awards both nationally and internationally. Lisa’s volunteer work in public interest design includes five years with Designs for Dignity. She currently sits on the DIFFA board and formerly sat on the board for The Right Livelihood Project. 

Dr. Giyoung Park currently serves as a Senior Design Researcher at HKS Architects. Dr. Park is an environmental psychologist and registered architect. She has earned an M.Arch. degree from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Human-Environment Relations and a PhD in Human Behavior and Design degrees from Cornell University. Her research interests include environmental stress, social interaction, social capital, communication technologies and human wellbeing in relation to the built environment.

Jonathan Essary is an architectural design researcher, focused on digital fabrication, integrative computational design, and studying the impact of design. He works in HKS’ Research managing the HKS Lab and facilitating the exploration of design, prototyping, and technology implementation. He received his M. Arch I degree from the University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture While attending UTA he was a graduate research assistant for the director, helped manage the digital fabrication lab, and assisted with computational design courses. He has led research on Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced-Concrete in a façade application and investigations for integrated computational design.