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Cleo Valentine
I am a researcher and systems designer based at the University of Cambridge
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
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20095637
Valentine (2023)
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20032735Valentine (2024)
DOI:10.3389/fcomp.2023.1237531DOI: 10.3390/buildings14051292
DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2024.2407319
Publication forthcoming
Publication forthcoming
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Conferences
Institute for Livable Cities
Heatherwick Studio
Heatherwick Studio
Institute for Livable Cities
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
UCL & Royal Society of Medicine
Tufts University
University of Cambridge
Sfera Institute
Media
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.
In 2025, she will undertake a visiting fellowship in public health at Harvard University to advance her research on environmental stimuli and their effects on human health.
Partners
Cambridge
Google Scholar
Academia.edu