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Issue 01 of the EBD journal is essential reading for anyone developing a new aged care facility, or remodelling an existing one. Containing globally relevant, detailed case studies, evidence based design strategies, and articles about future trends, the Aged Care Issue of EBD Journal will assist you with brief development, design and facility management.
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For over seventeen years, Spacelab have been exploring the rich connections between research and design. In 2018 they were voted best UK Interior Design practice in the FX awards and our Editor, Darragh O'Brien, caught up with Rosie Haslem, a director of Spacelab, in their London Studio. (photo credit: Jefferson Smith)
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How many times have you wondered about which hand drying method is most hygienic? Well, after a recent US study (2018) into the impact of hot-air hand dryers on the spread of bacteria, you have an answer, and you will never look at a dryer in the same way again.
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In 2014, John Wardle Architects, in collaboration with NADAA, completed a new school of design for the University of Melbourne. Four years on, we report on the outcomes of a rigorous co-design process but also the importance of effective project management in the realisation of this significant work.
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Can the design of aged care facilities help residents to feel more at home, and if so, how? One residential facility in Tuscany, Italy, has found several ways to do so.
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How do we, as designers, inform ourselves about the environmental transactions that occur between people and the spaces that we occupy? Results from EBD's global study.
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Do the physical properties of an exhibition space and the hanging of artworks affect the viewing behaviour of visitors? To answer this and other significant questions, a series of experiments were conducted in the St. Gallen Fine Art Museum in Switzerland.
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Spatial dimensions, light, materiality, colour and shape all play a part in our judgment of spaciousness. But what do we know about the effects created by the layering of multiple boundaries?
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Focus groups can be effective, but they should be viewed as just one way of gathering the information that we need. For some projects there are more insightful (and more cost effective) research methodologies available.
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Site-writings, are subjective, streaming descriptions of personal experience which, over time, will be transformed from anecdote to data and from there, to evidence.
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Why do some of us act while others hold back? Are some naturally more curious than others and what might this mean for the design of our built environments?
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With the increased global shift towards the idea of Aging-In-Place, community architecture can provide significant opportunities for social connection.
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What architectural strategies help to activate urban environments? City Form Lab at MIT and SUTD are developing new digital tools to help designers and planners map the complex factors involved.
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What is really known about how colour affects us, particularly in a healthcare setting? Are colour design guidelines for healthcare environments supported by scientific research findings?
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Can design attract us to a place of work? A recent Australian pilot study goes part of the way towards answering that question.
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