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Cleo Valentine


I am a researcher and systems designer based at the University of Cambridge  specializing in architectural neurophysiology and bioethics. 

My work explores the impact of architectural forms on neuroimmunological activity, with a particular focus on the relationship between neuroinflammation and the built environment.  This research aims to uncover new insights that can inform architectural practices to promote better health outcomes. 

Currently, I am conducting research in partnership with Heatherwick Studio. Additionally, I am an affiliated researcher at the University College London Spatial Cognition Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge Design Engineering Centre and a lecturer on neuroscience and architecture at the Politecnico di Milano.

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Publications

Valentine (2023)
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20095637
Architectural Allostatic Overloading: Exploring a Connection between Architectural Form and Allostatic Overloading
Valentine (2023)
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20032735Health Implications of Virtual Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Transferability of Findings from Neuroarchitecture
Valentine (2024)
DOI:10.3389/fcomp.2023.1237531The Impact of Architectural Form on Physiological Stress: A Systematic Review
Valentine, Mitcheltree, Steffert & Steemers (2024)
DOI: 10.3390/buildings14051292 Architectural Neuroimmunology: A Pilot Study Examining the Impact of Biophilic Architectural Design on Neuroinflammation
Valentine & Mitcheltree (2024)
DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2024.2407319Architecture and Bioethics: Investigating Ethical Implications of Recent Advances in the Field of Neuroarchitecture
Valentine & Mitcheltree (2024)
Publication forthcoming Design for Wellbeing: Architecturally Mediated Physiological Stress and Allostatic Load
Valentine, Hosking & Wilkins (2024)
Publication forthcoming Examining the Impact of Visual Complexity in Architectural Facades on Neurophysiology
Valentine, Mitcheltree, Sunikka-Blank, Hosking & Wilkins (2024)
Publication forthcoming Investigating Visual Stress Within Domestic and Family Violence Refuges and its Role as a Potential Environmental Trigger for Those Experiencing PTSD


Conferences

Humanise Symposium
Heatherwick Studio 03/2024
International Making Cities Livable Conference    
Institute for Livable Cities
10/2023
ANFA 20th Anniversary Conference
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
09/2023
Movement and Cognition
UCL & Royal Society of Medicine
06/2023
International Conference on Urban Experience and Design
Tufts University
04/2023
Architecture and Spaces of Healing
University of Cambridge
03/2022
SFERA 2020: Biourbanism Conference
Sfera Institute
06/2020


Media

How the buildings you occupy might be affecting your brain
PsycheRead
Architects and Healers: Buildings as Medicine
ArchitectingListen
Cleo Valentine: We Now Know Architecture Can Cause Stress 
Venetian LetterRead  
Neuroscience and the Architecture of Inflammation Create Streets
Theory of Architecture | #24 - Cleo Valentine
Theory of ArchitectureListen
Do buildings impact the brain via the immune system?
Bitbrain Technologies
Time & Delight feat. Cleo ValentineFrequencies Lab


Bio



Cleo is a Vice Chancellor's Doctoral Scholar at the University of Cambridge. Her research, conducted under joint supervision from the Department of Architecture and the Computational Neuroscience Group, focuses on examining the impact of visual exposure to architectural forms on allostatic activity and neuroinflammatory responses. In doing so, this research aims to establish the emerging field of architectural neuroimmunology. 
Cleo has presented her work for industry clients including Heatherwick Studio, Foster+Partners, and Hawkins\Brown and has delivered lectures on neuroarchitecture and architectural neuroimmunology at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Università Iuav, Venezia, University of Cambridge, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture and London School of Architecture. She has held positions as the Neuroaesthetics Fellow at The Centre for Conscious Design and as a guest tutor at the Royal College of Art and the Architecture Association in London.

Cleo holds an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Sustainable Urban Development from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor’s in Urban Systems and Economics from McGill University and the University of Copenhagen.


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