ABSTRACT
Michael Murphy co-founded the award-winning MASS Design Group with Alan Ricks to improve social equity and health outcomes through design innovation. As Executive Director, he oversees MASS's business development and marketing efforts, cultivating new partnerships with donors, NGOs, business leaders and governments to lead design projects that enable the built environment to solve health challenges. Michael has taught courses on design for infection control at Harvard University's School of Public Health, has served as Entrepreneur in Residence at Clark University and serves on the advisory board for the Master of Professional Studies for the New York School of Interior Design. He holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Chicago and a Masters in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The interviews and supporting essays show built environment professionals collaborating with post-disaster communities as facilitators, collaborators and negotiators of land, space and shelter, rather than as 'save the world' modernists, as often portrayed in design media.
