Create healthier spaces that support your health and
nervous system.
The Healthy Building Designer helps you understand how your environment affects the way you feel, function and live. Through practical courses, guides and resources, Maria shares over 20 years of construction and design experience, along with lived experience of a neurological condition, to help you create healthier, more inclusive and more sustainable spaces.
Learn how to create a home that supports the nervous system...
Create a healthier, more inclusive home that supports physical and mental wellbeing, while reducing sensory overload
The facts are clear.
Your environment matters!
90%
Around 90% of our time is spent indoors, whether at home, work, gym or school
Your environment is influencing your health every day, often in ways you may not realise!
The Healthy Building Designer helps you understand how the spaces you live, work and spend your time in, can influence your physical and mental wellbeing.
The evidence is clear, while the global wellness economy has reached $6.8 trillion and wellness real estate is projected to grow from $584 billion in 2024 to $1.1 trillion by 2029.
Longevity Architecture and Biophilic Design bring this shift into the spaces we live, work and learn in, with research showing nature connected environments may support higher wellbeing, productivity and creativity, including 15% higher wellbeing, 6% higher productivity and 15% higher creativity.
Led by Maria, a Building and Interior Designer and industry expert in Healthy and Neuro-Inclusive Design, this platform brings together over 20 years of construction and design experience with specialist knowledge in Building Biology, Neuro-architecture and Biophilic Design. Maria uses both lived experience (living with a neurological condition herself) and professional expertise to help others create spaces that support health, inclusion and sustainability.
Through courses, guides and resources, The Healthy Building Designer gives you the knowledge most people are never taught about their environments, helping you make informed choices to create spaces that protect your health and the environment.
5x
Indoor air can be up to 5x more polluted than outdoor air in large cities
1 in 2
1 in 2 Australians experience a chronic health condition in their lifetime, usually without knowing a cause
70%
70% of your immune system is in your gut, which is influenced by our environment
Healthy Materials
Choose the right materials to support your health and the planet
Biophilic Design
Learn how to bring nature into indoor spaces to boost wellbeing
Indoor Air Quality
Improve ventilation, reduce pollutants, and support better sleep and energy
Lighting Comfort
Use the right lighting to reduce triggers and work with your circadian rhythm
Neuro-Inclusivity
Design for the mind with spaces that reduce sensory overload & stress
Sustainability
Make eco-conscious design choices that are better for you and the planet
DESIGN WITH WELLNESS IN MIND
What affects wellbeing at home
Small design choices can have a big impact on your health. Explore the key elements that shape how your home supports (or harms) your body and mind.
MY STORY
Meet Maria
I am a Building and Interior Designer with more than 20 years of experience in the construction and design industry. My journey began after developing vestibular migraines during a home renovation and discovering how profoundly our built environment can impact health and wellbeing. This experience led me to further study Building Biology, Biophilic Design and Neuroarchitecture to better understand the connection between our spaces and our health.
Today, I help people create healthier, more sustainable and neuro inclusive spaces through education, resources and practical guidance, empowering them to make informed decisions about the homes, workplaces and communities they live in.
healthy home hub
Could your home be affecting your health?
Your home could be contributing to health issues, including migraines, anxiety, insomnia and many others! The Healthy Home Hub is your go to knowledge base to learn all things healthy, inclusive and sustainable...
Every space has the potential to either support or harm our mental and physical wellbeing.
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