Dr Evangelia Chrysikou is Associate Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction UCL, Program Director of the MSc Healthcare Facilities, the only programme of its kind globally, and medical architect. She is Vice-President of the Urban Health Section of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA), RIBA Chartered Member and member of the board of the National Accessibility Authority in Greece and Architects4Health UK. She holds a PhD on mental health facilities from UCL and high profile grands such as the Marie Curie H2020. She was Coordinator on the D4 Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing of the European Union and has advised the Japanese and Peruvian governments. Evangelia authored the national guidelines for mental health facilities for Greece, the books ‘Architecture for psychiatric environments and therapeutic spaces’ and ‘The social invisibility of mental health facilities’ and has been a TED-MED speaker.