Health × human sciences × built environment

Human health, built into decisions.

IMPRONTA specialises in translational research, connecting evidence from the human sciences with decisions in architecture and the built environment.

We translate this knowledge into practical strategies and tools that help organisations make better-informed decisions about the spaces they create.

Explore 12C™ Advisory practice

From evidence to spatial decisionsFROM HEALTH ASPIRATIONS TO EVIDENCE-INFORMED CRITERIAFrom isolated factors to patterns of exposure

Position

A decision layer for design

Understanding people should inform the decisions that shape space.

The built environment shapes how people feel, think, behave and interact. Understanding these relationships can inform decisions about the spaces organisations create.

IMPRONTA connects evidence from the human sciences with the questions facing organisations and project teams. We help translate ambitions for health, wellbeing and inclusion into priorities, evidence-informed criteria and practical strategies.

Our approach considers how spatial conditions work together, how people experience them over time, and how needs differ across people and contexts.

01Environment

What the spatial system presents

02Exposure

What people encounter over time

03Regulatory demand

What the person must manage

04Decision

What must change or be defended

Proprietary framework · Tested in practice

12^C™

Neuroinclusion Decision Framework

A structured approach to evaluating how spatial environments support neuroinclusion and where improvements may be needed.

12C™ examines environmental conditions through sensory, cognitive and social regulatory demand. It helps project teams distinguish essential minimum conditions from combined demands and optional enhancements.

For organisations planning or evaluating spaces, 12C™ helps identify neuroinclusion-related constraints and prioritise decisions that require attention.

12Spatial constraints

4Decision domains

4Experience phases

The 4 decision domains

Sensory exposureCognitive regulationSocial pressureSequence & transition

Piloted in practice · 2026

The 12C™ framework has been piloted with ING Hubs Poland, Skanska and ALLCON across workplace and residential contexts, informing its ongoing refinement and practical application.

12C™ is a decision and claim-assessment framework. It is not a diagnostic instrument or universal design guide.

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Practice

How we work

Research that informs decisions. Methods that support action.

Decision frameworks

We develop structured methods that translate evidence from the human sciences into criteria, priorities and decision processes for the built environment.

Systems

Strategic advisory

We advise organisations and project teams on how to integrate human health, cognition, behaviour and experience into planning, design and development decisions.

Advisory

Applied research

We conduct evidence reviews, field studies, spatial assessments and stakeholder research to investigate how environments affect people and inform practical interventions.

Evidence

Where We Can Help

Where we can help

Three situations in which organisations can engage IMPRONTA.

Planning a new development

Integrate evidence about human health, behaviour and experience into early project decisions, before key design choices are fixed.

Typical outputs: Research-informed priorities, decision criteria and design guidance.

Evaluating an existing environment

Understand how current spatial conditions respond to people's needs, identify potential constraints and establish priorities for improvement.

Typical outputs: Spatial assessment, prioritised findings and recommendations.

Addressing a complex design question

Work with IMPRONTA on targeted research where human-sciences evidence is needed to investigate a specific environmental challenge.

Typical outputs: Research protocol, evidence synthesis or tailored advisory report.

Discuss your project with IMPRONTA

Tell us what you're planning, assessing or trying to understand. We'll help identify whether and how our research or advisory expertise could contribute.

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Selected work

Different formats. One consistent ambition.

Our work takes different forms — from research studies and spatial assessments to strategic advisory and decision frameworks. Each engagement is shaped by the client's challenges and the decisions they need to make.

Proprietary decision framework · Applied testing

ING Hubs Poland · Skanska · ALLCON · 2026

12C™ Pilot Programme

IMPRONTA piloted its proprietary 12C™ framework with three organisations across workplace and residential contexts, exploring how a structured assessment can identify environmental constraints affecting neuroinclusion. The work examined sensory, cognitive and social demands, translating findings into decision priorities and practical recommendations. The pilots helped inform the framework's development and its application to both existing and planned environments.

Strategic research & decision frameworks

University of Silesia · Katowice, Poland · 2024

Green Science Zone

We developed a research-informed framework to guide the transformation of an urban university campus. Combining evidence from neuroscience and environmental psychology with stakeholder engagement, the work translated ambitions for health, sustainability and academic life into practical design priorities. The resulting guidelines, assessment criteria and proposed metrics provided a structured basis for decisions concerning environmental stressors, restoration, movement, community and learning environments.

ALLCON · Gdynia, Poland · 2025

SKYCITY

For ALLCON, we developed a strategic, science-informed guide for residential development and used its principles to assess the existing design of the SKYCITY project. The assessment connected evidence on human health, perception and behaviour with architectural and urban design considerations, providing the developer’s teams with a structured perspective for reviewing spatial decisions and identifying opportunities for improvement. It supported a more informed approach to residential quality, wellbeing and user experience.

Arup Warsaw Office · Warsaw, Poland · 2023

Restorative Corridor

Working with Workplace, the project’s architectural design team, we contributed scientific research and design guidance to a restorative corridor within Arup’s Warsaw office. Drawing on evidence from environmental psychology and neuroscience, the work explored how transitional spaces can offer opportunities for brief recovery during the working day. The project illustrates how scientific knowledge can inform architectural interventions within existing workplaces.

Collegium Da Vinci · Poznań, Poland · 2024

University Buildings Assessment & Neuroinclusion

In collaboration with Bidermann+Wide, we contributed human-sciences expertise to an interdisciplinary assessment of three university buildings covering 18,000 m², examining how existing spaces respond to diverse sensory, cognitive and social needs. Combining expert spatial evaluation with stakeholder research, the work identified barriers and opportunities for more inclusive learning environments. The resulting recommendations and implementation roadmap provided a practical basis for planning improvements and future modernisation.

Research methodology & behavioural assessment

Healthcare sector · Canada · 2023

Healthcare Wayfinding Research

In collaboration with Forge Media + Design, we conducted a behavioural research assessment of navigation and visitor experience in a complex healthcare environment. The methodology combined stakeholder engagement, visitor interviews, spatial observation and think-aloud research to identify sources of confusion and uncertainty. The findings provided evidence-informed recommendations to improve wayfinding, spatial legibility and the visitor journey.

Contrain · Łódź, Poland · 2025

Workspace Impact Test

The IMPRONTA team designed and led an experimental pilot examining how different workplace environments relate to physiological responses and cognitive performance. Combining environmental design, biometric measurements and cognitive testing, the study generated empirical findings and an interactive demonstration. The work helped business decision-makers understand how environmental conditions can be investigated and measured to inform future workplace strategies.

Skanska · Poland · 2023

Neurodiversity in the Office

We contributed research examining how workplaces can better respond to differences in sensory and cognitive processing. The work translated scientific knowledge about neurodiversity into practical design considerations, helping developers and workplace professionals understand how spatial decisions can support more inclusive environments and accommodate a wider range of user needs.

“They laid out neuroarchitecture like a jigsaw puzzle and showed us how complex and broad our view of a project needs to be in order to truly create a space for people.”
ALLCON · Client reflection

Core team & expert network

Built for interdisciplinary questions.

IMPRONTA was co-founded by Natalia Olszewska, physician, neuroscientist and Chief Science Officer, and Ezio Lilli, a building surveyor and real estate agent who leads operations and real-estate strategy. Each project draws on a core team and an international expert network.

Natalia Olszewska

Co-founder · Chief Science Officer

Ezio Lilli

Co-founder · Operations & Real Estate

Alessandro Villa

Architecture & Materiality

Martina Frattura

Lighting Designer

Laura Sangiorgi

Architecture & Colour

Nour Tawil

Architecture, Research & Geometry

Agata Bolesta

Psychology & Environmental Psychology

Miriam Hoffman

Neuroscience Applied to Architecture

Anna Ławecka

Architecture & Urban Space

Agata Goleśna

Urban Design & Neurourbanism

Media, writing & public discourse

Making health in the built environment part of a wider conversation.

Selected features, interviews, essays and lectures across business, architecture, design, culture and public life.

Feature · Forbes Polska

Longevity enters architecture

Feature · Vogue Polska Beauty

Home, health and longevity through neuroarchitecture

Natalia Olszewska speaking with the two Dzień Dobry TVN presenters in the studio

Television · Dzień Dobry TVN

Does space influence the nervous system?

Feature · Architectural Digest Polska

Designing for the body and mind

Interview · Architektura & Biznes

How can neuroscience support design?

Profile · Wysokie Obcasy

The spatial physician

Essay · Builder Polska

Architecture as a biological intervention

Article · BuildVent

Health as a framework for design

Article · Architecture Snob

Neuroscience in architecture

AD Creative Talk 2026 · Architectural Digest Polska

What can architecture learn from medicine?

Guest editor · Architektura & Biznes

Health — a special issue on architecture and wellbeing

Profile · Foundation for the Development of the Education System

Connecting medicine and architecture

Keynote · PULSE Ostrava