The knowledge community dedicated to designing a healthier society and a more sustainable planet
Stephen Wright unpicks the virtues of evidence-based and patient-centred design, and process-flow thinking, and concludes that design for change requires an understanding of where in the hospital system these approaches are best suited, and how and where they can be integrated.
Can healthcare heal our communities and the planet?
The delivery of care in healthcare facilities results in an ever-increasing environmental footprint, which contributes to damaging the health of the community it seeks to serve. This keynote address examines this contradictory connection between healthcare and environmental health, and explores what can be done to realign the relationship in a positive direction.
Innovation and the new Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
This presentation observes that hospital design reflects the personality of both the development team and the client organisation. The team at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has developed a number of new hospitals in the UK, developing a detail-driven approach to hospital design and supporting a vision for buildings to have the balance and personality of Vitruvian Man (striving for excellence in all aspects of form, function and structure).
Stephanie Williamson, Louisa Desborough
Authoring for advocacy: experiences of writing a design brief on behalf of patients, families and staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Diana Anderson, Neil Halpern
Critical care design of tomorrow: how technology fits in
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Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital
Kundratstraße 3, 1100 Wien, Austria
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Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital
1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore
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Humber River Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
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New QEII Hospital
Howlands, Welwyn Garden City AL7 4RL, UK
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New Children’s Hospital, Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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New Karolinska Solna
Stockholmvägen 22, 761 43 Norrtälje, Sweden
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Hopewood Park
Sunderland SR2 0NB, UK
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Carefirst One-Stop Multi-Services Centre
300 Silver Star Blvd, Scarborough, ON M1V 5P1, Canada
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Shanghai International Hospital
Hongqiaozhen, Minhang, Shanghai, China, 201103
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Aabenraa Psychiatric Hospital
Damhaven 12, 7100 Vejle, Denmark