Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this video, critical voices from across the hemp ecosystem to investigate how new design approaches and building with hemp can be a viable, healthy alternative for design and construction in the United States.
Participants include Jonsara Ruth and Alison Mears, design director and director of Healthy Materials Lab (HML) at Parsons School of Design; Larry Smart, the leader of the Cornell Hemp Research and Extension team; Tommy Gibbons, the Chief Innovation Officer at Hempitecture Inc., a public benefit corporation created to develop, manufacture, and distribute sustainable, high-performing building materials based in Idaho; and Jennifer Martin, a partner at HempStone, a New England-based company focused on hempcrete.
In this video, critical voices from across the hemp ecosystem to investigate how new design approaches and building with hemp can be a viable, healthy alternative for design and construction in the United States.
Participants include Jonsara Ruth and Alison Mears, design director and director of Healthy Materials Lab (HML) at Parsons School of Design; Larry Smart, the leader of the Cornell Hemp Research and Extension team; Tommy Gibbons, the Chief Innovation Officer at Hempitecture Inc., a public benefit corporation created to develop, manufacture, and distribute sustainable, high-performing building materials based in Idaho; and Jennifer Martin, a partner at HempStone, a New England-based company focused on hempcrete.
