Buildings will become safer and more sustainable if building services engineers take a broader approach, said CIBSE President, Fiona Cousins, speaking as a guest on the industry podcast ‘Behind the Built Environment’, hosted by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
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Restoring dignity tothe healing journey
Stephen Watson, Principal, Architecture, at Hassell, discusses the thinking and feedback that informed the design of the 64-bedded Acute Mental Health Unit in Ipswich, Queensland, in Australia, which was Highly Commended in the Project of the Year – New Build International category at the 2024 Design in Mental Health Awards in June. The project...
CAMHS bedroom’s positive initial feedback
Kingsway Group, the anti-ligature door system specialist, has had a particularly busy last two years, launching a number of significant new products, and moving to a considerably larger 32,000 ft2 purpose-built office and production facility. A collaboration of industry partners including the company has meanwhile worked with the service-users,...
How ‘active design’ can boost wellbeing
Rachelle McDade, director of Healthcare Planning at Currie & Brown, Chris Roberts, associate director, David Morley Architects, and Evelien van Veen, a partner at Woonwerk Architecten, explore how – against the backdrop of a rise in mental ill health, ‘active design can have a significant positive impact on our communities, and offer the potential...
The power of art as a communication tool
On the second day of June’s Design in Mental Health 2024 conference in Manchester, Dolly Sen – an artist, author, and activist who uses her lived experience ‘to challenge, poke fun at, and interrogate’ the mental health system – spoke about her experiences of mental healthcare, how mental healthcare settings could be improved, and the importance of...
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