Rethinking Material Health: “What is it made of? What are we made of? What are the ingredients for healthy building?” – These questions are at the heart of the webinar “At The Table With Nature” on 20 May 2026. Material health is one of the key future topics for the consumer goods industry, interior design and product development. In this webinar, Leila D. Behjat and Alison Mears from Healthy Materials Lab EU invite you to discover biogenic, non-toxic and ecosystem-friendly building materials.
Facts about the webinar
- Date: 20 May 2026
- Time: 2.00 – 3.00 p.m. CET
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Language: German/English
- Speaker: Leila D. Behjat und Alison Mears/ Co-Founders Healthy Materials Lab EU
What to expect from the webinar ‘At The Table With Nature‘
Leila D. Behjat and Alison Mears take you on a journey into the world of sustainable materials. You will learn why biogenic building materials not only protect the environment but also improve the quality of our living spaces – and how sustainable materials are already being used in design and architecture today.
The Healthy Materials Lab, founded at the renowned Parsons School of Design in New York, researches and develops innovative materials and design methods. As a partner of the New European Bauhaus initiative, the Lab connects international research with European practice. In the webinar, the experts present market-ready solutions and explain how design can foster thriving, inclusive environments built with nature rather than apart from it.
The webinar is aimed at interior designers, product designers, developers and decision-makers in industry and retail.
Webinar Highlights
- Material Health as a Future Topic: Why the choice of the right materials is crucial for people and the planet.
- Biogenic Building Materials: How sustainable, non-toxic materials replace petrochemical alternatives.
- Research meets Design: How Healthy Materials Lab EU develops innovative material concepts for practice.
- New European Bauhaus: How European initiatives are driving sustainable design and construction forward.
Participate in the free webinar
Register now for free of charge and learn how sustainable materials are transforming design, architecture and the consumer goods industry.
About the Speakers:
Leila D. Behjat
Leila D. Behjat is an architect and material ecologist with a passion for healthier, more sustainable building practices. As Director of Material Ecology at the Parsons Healthy Materials Lab in New York, she develops and curates innovative materials and design methods that demonstrate how buildings and spaces can be designed regeneratively and sustainably. She leads the Lab’s partnership with the New European Bauhaus initiative and is co-founder and managing director of Healthy Materials Lab EU gGmbH in Wiesbaden. Leila is a DGNB consultant and is convinced that good architecture is not only healthy but also an expression of our shared responsibility for the planet.
Alison Mears
Alison Mears is a certified AIA LEED AP Architect and heads the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. She is co-founder of Healthy Materials Lab EU and Associate Professor of Architecture. Her international professional experience includes projects with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects and Mitchell/Giurgola and Thorp Architects, including the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C. and JFK Airport in New York. Alongside her teaching and research activities, she runs the architecture firm Paci+Mears Architects in Brooklyn.
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