In this Uniquely UNIS and priceless experience, 10 students will explore the studio and learn about how COOKFOX is designing buildings that support mental and physical well-being, and are environmentally sustainable. Visitors will spend time with the firm's gardener, learning about the edible plants the grow on their terraces and how they produce healthy food in the middle of Manhattan. The group will visit our two apiaries, and learn about the many varieties of wildflowers, grasses, shrubs and trees that make our roof-top ecosystem thrive. Students will learn about how architects create and use biomimetic patterns, integrate technology to make buildings healthier and more efficient, and how designers can be advocates for people and the planet.

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COOKFOX Architects is a New York City based architectural and interior design studio. Focused on high-performance, integrated, environmentally responsive design, COOKFOX is well-known for innovative design at the highest standards of environmental performance, and focuses on biophilic design to create architecture that supports physical health and mental wellness. The studio believes good design is sustainable and is committed to being wise stewards of our shared natural and cultural resources. COOKFOX designs projects that fundamentally re-think how people interact with buildings and the natural environment. Starting with intensive research, they seek to understand each unique project in its environmental, cultural and historical context, so that the work may engage with layers of time and promote a strong sense of place. With a portfolio of diverse residential, workplace and education projects, the firm pursues architecture that restores, regenerates and elevates our collective experience of the urban environment.