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CREATING HEALING ENVIRONMENTS: HUMANISTIC ARCHITECTURE AND THERAPEUTIC DESIGN

For the first in a regular series of colloquia, Architecture and Design Scotland invited Rona Stephen and Richard Mazuch of Nightingale Associates to share their ideas on ‘Creating Healing Environments: Humanistic Architecture and Therapeutic Design’. The event took place in Architecture and Design Scotland’s Bakehouse Close office from 2-5pm on Monday 20th February and attracted a dynamic mix of invited audience members from a variety of disciplines within healthcare and the built environment.

Humanistic architecture aims to place human welfare at the heart of building design and environmental management. Through a mixture of presentation and experiential exercises - followed by a facilitated group discussion of the points raised - the colloquium explored how such an approach to architecture can create healing healthcare environments that, evidence shows, can enhance and support the care and treatment process.

The event was chaired by A+DS Advisory Board Member and architect of the recently completed Robin House children’s hospice, Gareth Hoskins. A summary report is available to download as a pdf by clicking opposite.