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Naomi Keena, architect and interdisciplinary researcher, is an Assistant Professor at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture. Keena’s research focuses on broadening the space and time upon which we consider architectural and urban design, to understand both the work of the techno-sphere in constructing our urban environments and that of the geo-biosphere in sustaining such development. She combines life cycle approaches to design with data visualization and computational techniques as a means to assess socio-ecological factors in architecture and to transform complex data streams into organized knowledge. A current project explores the development of ‘Housing Passports’ to provide standardized digital descriptions of residential building characteristics which aim to support circular economy decision-making in the built environment. Keena is a Fulbright Fellowship recipient and has published and presented her research widely in the areas of architecture, data visualization, life cycle approaches and circular economy, design-driven interdisciplinary research, and environmental policy.