I am an artist-researcher and architectural designer working across daylight, spatial perception, cognitive science, and healthcare design. I recently completed a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at EPFL, affiliated with the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), where my research examined how view-out, daylight, visual attention, and spatial perception shape architectural experience.
I currently lead Weavise, a Swiss nonprofit initiative supported by the BRIDGE Proof of Concept under the vision “Weaving Minds, Transforming Care.” Weavise is dedicated to reimagining psychiatric facilities and reshaping how society sees mental health. We bridge lived experience and evidence-based design to create therapeutic environments that prioritize recovery, dignity, and human connection, with a user-centered approach for both patients and staff.
My background combines a B.F.A. in Interior Architecture from RISD, dual B.A. degrees in Urban Studies and Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University through the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program, and professional experience as a lighting designer and consultant at Ulrike Brandi Licht in Germany. Through on-site architectural research, interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural outreach, drawing, film, and installation, I use art and design to humanize care, destigmatize mental illness, and explore how architecture can better support perception, emotion, and well-being.
I currently lead Weavise, a Swiss nonprofit initiative supported by the BRIDGE Proof of Concept under the vision “Weaving Minds, Transforming Care.” Weavise is dedicated to reimagining psychiatric facilities and reshaping how society sees mental health. We bridge lived experience and evidence-based design to create therapeutic environments that prioritize recovery, dignity, and human connection, with a user-centered approach for both patients and staff.
My background combines a B.F.A. in Interior Architecture from RISD, dual B.A. degrees in Urban Studies and Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University through the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program, and professional experience as a lighting designer and consultant at Ulrike Brandi Licht in Germany. Through on-site architectural research, interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural outreach, drawing, film, and installation, I use art and design to humanize care, destigmatize mental illness, and explore how architecture can better support perception, emotion, and well-being.