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Active Place Design Exhibition 
 
Environmental Design Research Association Conference,
Vancouver Canada (April 29, 2005)
 
FXB Atrium, Harvard School of Public Health,
Harvard University, Boston USA (May 16-20, 2005)
 
The Active Place Design competition aimed to increase awareness of important human activity that can occur as an incidental and pleasant lifestyle benefit of living, working and moving through spaces. 
 
Promotion of physical activity (active living) addresses issues of obesity and health while social activity contributes to the development of informal support networks. In combination, active place designs enable individuals and communities to build capacity for self-care. With ageing populations and decreasing health care expenditures, the importance of either activity cannot be underestimated by designers.  
 
The exhibition included 40 designs from North America and Asia covering bicycling among children, school playgrounds, swimming pools, streetscapes, green infrastructure, hotel zones, and retirement communities.
 
Convenor's
 
Environment & Gerontology Network
(Mark Del Aguila, Ann Lusk, Susan Rodiek).
 
Sponsors
 
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts,
Environmental Design Research Association 
EDRA Judges
 
Sherry Ahrentzen, Anne Lusk, Henry Sanoff, Nancy Wells
 
City of Vancouver Judges
 
John Atkín, Scot Hein, Gordon Price, MaryBeth Rondeau, Ralph Segal, Michael von Hausen, Joe Wai