About Us
Resilience, Connection, and Belonging across the Built Environment
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The Drachman Institute of the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) serves as a nexus for research and design projects that center around outreach work.
The Drachman Institute bridges community needs and CAPLA’s knowledge and expertise to advance resilience, connection, and belonging across the built environment. The Drachman Institute’s research and design work are linked in an iterative process that continues to calibrate the performance of the built environment to meet the goals of the populations it serves.
Our Areas of Expertise
- Architecture
- Emerging building technologies
- Energy conservation
- Health and the built environment
- Heritage conservation
- Landscape architecture
- Real estate development
- Sustainable design
- Sustainable market transformation
- Transportation
- Urban design
- Urban planning
Our Structure
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Drachman Institute Leadership
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Drachman Institute Director
Courtney Crosson
Associate Professor of Architecture
ccrosson@arizona.edu
Faculty Executive Committee
- Laura Carr, Senior Lecturer in Architecture
- Kristina Currans, Associate Professor of Urban Planning
- Helen Erickson, Project Director, Heritage Conservation Program
- Kenneth J. Kokroko, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
- Oscar Lopez, Senior Lecturer in Architecture
- Eric D. Weber, Associate Professor of Architecture
- Kenny Wong, Lecturer in Sustainable Built Environments
- Diane E. Austin, Professor and Director, School of Anthropology, Research Anthropologist (BARA)
- Kathleen C. Insel, Professor, College of Nursing; Director, Strategic Initiative Innovations in Healthy Aging
Centers and Coalitions
Mary Hardin
President
Kenny Wong
Coordinator
Laura Carr
Coordinator
Courtney Crosson
Coordinator
Rashi Bhushan
Postdoctoral Research Associate