Associate Principal and Asia-Pacific Sustainability Lead Stefano Tronci recently joined Interior Design magazine’s “Once Upon a Project” podcast, where he discussed SOM’s holistic approach to creating healthy homes and workplaces. Speaking with host AJ Paron of SANDOW Design Group and citing projects like the Sany IROOTECH Headquarters towers and the Panyu Chimelong Urban Design, a master plan in Guangzhou (pictured), Tronci shared how SOM prioritizes high-performance design while enhancing the quality of life for everyone we design for.

“Finding purpose within an urban environment improves your sense of place, your ability to call a place home,” Tronci. “It’s so important to create that level of placemaking, not by just putting a beautiful landmark somewhere, but rather, through life intersected through all of the different architecture, buildings, communities, and activities that happen in that.”