Provide free and accessible spaces for active recreation. As modern life becomes ever more sedentary, people who want to stay active and healthy must find time to do so in their leisure and recreation time.

Creating environments that promote better sleep, rest, and stress reduction. Sleep is a cornerstone of good health, yet it is constantly compromised by issues in our built environment, including artificial lighting that disrupts circadian rhythms, a lack of natural light indoors, poor temperature control, and noise pollution.

Designing spaces that encourage a sense of community and social behavior. Loneliness and social isolation are on the rise everywhere, while social trust is on the decline, and our built en­vironment plays a major role in the fraying of communities.