SAMPL

Sustainable Adaptive Material Performance Level


About


Future-ready interior design is about expanding what’s possible. It shapes intelligent, resilient, and sustainable environments that set new benchmarks for adaptability and regeneration. The Sustainable Adaptive Material Performance Level (SAMPL) model supports designers, researchers, and design educators in advancing material performance while also enhancing occupant well-being and environmental health. The SAMPL Dashboard uses a validated resilience engineering approach to help users choose interior materials that increase safety, support, and well-being for healthier, more enduring design. The SAMPL analysis model comprises three core categories that inform material type overall resilience potential. Unlike conventional databases, SAMPL provides an interactive environment that enables users to actively explore and compare the performance of various materials across real-world building risk level scenarios.

The SAMPL lab supports hands-on learning for students and advances original research initiatives within undergraduate and graduate cohorts. By integrating resilience engineering principles directly into course curriculum, SAMPL elevates competencies in sustainable material selection, system-thinking, and design literacy.

Areas of Impact


STRENGTH 

 Material durability, safety, and longevity through measurable technical performance indicators including maintainability, flame resistance, and robustness.

SYMBIOSIS 

 Contextual adaptability and user-centered performance addressing, responsiveness, and multi-context use considerations.

SUSTAINABILITY 

 Environmental and health impacts focusing on human well-being and ecological health impacts throughout the material lifecycle.

Team


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Lisa Sundahl Platt

Principal Investigator

Arezoo Zeinali

Co – Principal Investigator

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