Wellness

Gensler’s wellness consulting services integrate the eight dimensions of wellness — emotional, physical, environmental, purpose, organizational culture, professional, intellectual, and social — to deliver holistic impact.

• Wellbeing Analysis and Benchmarking
• Inclusive Design Assessments
• Wellness Programming and Amenity Planning
• Material Red List Planning and Implementation
• Community and Social Impact Strategies

Gensler’s Wellness Practice Area specializes in designing built environments that prioritize health, equity, and well-being. We use evidence-based approaches backed by scientific research, to create bespoke solutions that meet our clients’ unique needs and achieve measurable wellness outcomes.

• Inclusive Design Implementation
• Biophilic Design
• Campus-wide Wellness Planning
• Wellness Centers
• Community and Fitness Facilities
• Supportive Housing

We bring together designers, owners, and consultants to develop tailored solutions, including health and wellbeing key performance indicator tracking, to align with clients’ values and ensure impactful outcomes for health and equity. We leverage our cross-sector research and experience across programmatic, design, and policy, to customize value-add opportunities and optimize wellness experiences, quantified through third-party certification programs.

• WELL
• Fitwel
• Living Building Challenge
• JUST Communities
• ISUD’s Universal Design Certification

Wellness becomes an ecosystem, rather than just an amenity.

Wellness ecosystems expand beyond single-serving amenities like juice bars and yoga rooms to integrate wellness into every aspect of physical space and culture, from inclusive design guidelines to nutrition programs, to healthy and sustainable building materials.

Industry-wide investment in wellness creates new real estate markets.

The wellness ecosystem is becoming a multiplier that will drive investment and create new value across markets. Buildings embedded with holistic wellness spaces and innovations will drive rent premiums and lease rates to spur growth in stagnant markets.

Employers use science-based principles to measure impact.

Increasing stakeholder demands and new regulatory requirements are driving a need to quantify wellness initiatives. Measuring impact around things like walkability, green space, and employee access to active-design workstations will allow employers to demonstrate their commitment to wellness.