Prof. ir. Bas Molenaarlectured during theStudent Design Awards Expert Seminar 2014 inthe Guys Hospital Tower in London.As a healthcare architectMolenaar focussed on the essentials of the design awards from the architect's view illustrated by examples of EGM architecten: Erasmus MCand theHonliv Cancer Center (van Dutch Health Architects)
The lecture formed an introduction and inspiration for the Student Design Awards and Charette 2013/2014.Both organized byArchitecture for Health (AfH),the London South Bank University and the GSTT NHS Hospital Foundation Trust. Tower for Health - Can skyscrapers be good for you?
The subject of the Student Design Awards and Charette 2014 is a skyscraper hospital locatedGuys and St Thomas Hospital on the South Banks of the river Thames: Tower for Health. The 20 selected international students will work on the designduring aone week charette.
Preliminary to thedesign week several lectureswere given by e.g. Brookfield Multiplex who is also one of the main sponsors. Ivan Harbourand Andrew Barnettof Hopkins architects also shared their vision.
Bas Molenaar will review the designs. Jury, awards and publication will be anounced on the website of Architects for Health.
The aim of Architects for Health is to promote and campaign for better healthcare environments through bringing together organisations and individuals who share an interest in excellence in the planning and design of healthcare facilities. Architects for Health is a non-profit organisation for architects and others interested in the design and planning of healthcare facilities. Its inception in 1992 was a response to the considerable strategic change in the health sector. Since then, AfH has established a forum for new ideas and has grown into an organisation with a 500-strong membership list for whom it provides a national network of support and the means to influence policy.
AfH is working to improve the quality of specifications for healthcare buildings and proactively to support the inclusion of healthcare sector buildings in the curricula of Departments and Schools of Architecture in the UK.