Designing for Healthcare
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DESIGNING FOR HEALTHCARE
Poor ventilation in public buildings, workplace environments, schools, hospitals, and aged care homes is a key factor in the spread of airborne respiratory pathogens.
Join our panel of design, engineering and building science experts later this month who will analyse and recommend how to minimise the risk of pathogen spread in indoor spaces. Some of the areas that will be discussing include:
- Theory behind airborne pathogens.
- Sick building syndrome and designing healthy buildings.
- Designing for infection control: ventilation principles for controlling airflow in hospitals and in general practice.
- Ventilation in Residential Aged Care Facilities
- Naturally ventilated community buildings and indoor air quality
- The OzSAGE RACF guidelines and implementation in RACF.
- Case studies from recent projects featuring "very clean" environments that highlight and illustrate the above issues.
- Gold Coast hospital infectious disease unit
- Corridor and lift ventilation in healthcare.
OUR EXPERT PRESENTERS/PANEL
PATRICK CHALMERS
StantecPatrick is the Australian Mechanical Discipline Leader for the AZN Stantec Buildings team and brings technical expertise from a diverse range of projects, sectors, and geographies. His experience covers technical mechanical design in buildings, building physics and urban sustainability initiatives.
AIJA THOMAS
Founding Director, STHAija provides the lead in health facility planning and in establishing the design philosophy for the professional development of the practice. Aija’s expertise and experience is extensive. Commencing after graduation with international experience in Canada and New Zealand and continuing in Australia with a seamless record of specialist involvement in all areas of health facility project architecture since 1978.
GEOFF HANMER
Geoff is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Adelaide, and Honorary Professional Fellow at UTS and the Managing Director of Arina, an architectural consultancy. ARINA has run design competitions for many Australian universities (including UNSW) and statutory authorities, including the Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority. Geoff is a registered architect and writes on construction and buildings both contemporary and historical. He has taught and researched construction at UTS and UNSW for over 20 years.HARI PLIAMBAS
Director, LyonsHari is an integral member of the Lyons team having been with the practice since 1998, joining the studio as a high energy, hardworking Project Architect. Hari’s passion for architecture has continued to grow into a practice leader – through her extensive experience leading the design, documentation and delivery of many major public projects, she has earnt the title of Director at Lyons’.