In March 2013 at TU-Berlin, Alvaro – an architect with great interest in public health – gathered the opinions of Rebecca (an epidemiologist from the BSPH), Ulrich (a cardiologist from Charité), Marco (an environmental engineer at TU-B) and Leonie (a health economist also at TU-B), around the idea of improving neighborhood environments.
The aim was to reduce overweight as a risk factor for heart diseases, diabetes, and other lifestyle-related diseases.