The Ultimate in Wellness Design: Maggie's Cancer Centre in Leeds
Wellness Design
As part of the long awaited London Design Festival taking place exclusively online from the 12th to 18th September 2020, which includes talks from leading industry experts such as Thomas Heatherwick, Ab Rogers and HOK, and Kay Sargent. The event itinerary focuses on the complex relationship between design and well-being in the workplace and wellness within the workplace.
In addition to talks from industry leading experts the event will feature corporate representatives such as Bruce Daisley, whom developed Twitter for Europe, Africa and the Midddle East. Cees van der Spek the communications director for EDGE, and workplace theorist Jeremy Myerson.
Other informative speakers include biometrician Nikita Mikhailov, whose talk will look into new data-driven biometric techniques for employers and employees, as well as Maaind founder Martin Dinov, who will outline how AI can be harnessed for workplace well-being.
AB Rogers. Photograph Credit: AB Rogers.
Embracing Nature in Work
Workplace well-being has never been so high on the agenda due to the changing times of Covid19 and the impact of the long term health and well-being of employees as we progress into a different ‘new normal’ in life in general and especially in the workplace and working from home environments.
The 5 day event featuring comprehensive 75 minute sessions exploring a variety of topics predominantly dedicated to workplace design with reference to utilising technology and diversity as well as the impact of Covid19. Each session will be hosted by design commentator Adrian Walker and will follow the same format split into 3 sections: a keynote, a practical case study and a Q & A session.
Day one, titled the ‘Well Workplace’ will open with a talk from Rogers and Heatherwick Architecture practice about their current completed project for Cancer treatment centre: Maggie's Centres. The project used the built environment to influence the psychology of its inhabitants, by the installation of nature within the environment to evoke a peaceful and wellness interior design to promote wellness and recovery within an environment devoted to treatment. Maggie's chief executive Laura Lee will explain the organisation's architectural philosophy and the success of the collaboration with Rogers and Heatherwick.
It's the first health building completed by Heatherwick Studio, the British practice founded by designer Thomas Heatherwick.
"Our aim was to build a home for people affected by cancer that would be soulful and welcoming, unlike other typical clinical environments," By only using natural, sustainable materials and immersing the building in thousands of plants, there was a chance for us to make an extraordinary environment capable of inspiring visitors with hope and perseverance during their difficult health journeys." said Thomas Heatherwick.
Renowned Architect: Thomas Heatherwick. Photograph Credit: Thomas Heatherwick.
Maggie’s Cancer Centre: Leeds. Photograph Credit: Thomas Heatherwick.
Maggie’s Cancer Centre: Leeds. Photograph Credit: Thomas Heatherwick.
Laura Lee, Chief Executive, Maggie’s Cancer Centre, Leeds. Photograph Credit: Laura Lee
Day two, led by Dinov, will focus on the smart workplace, A.I., sensor technology. and the impact of technologies like AI on well-being.
Day three, the ‘Human/Humane Workplace’ will be led by Swann, whose book The Human Workplace explores interior and behavioural design.
Swann will be joined by renowned architect Giuseppe Boscherini, Mikhailov and director of Chapmanbdsp design consultancy Ian Duncombe to discuss "psychosocially supportive design".
Day four, led by HOK's Sargent, will concentrate on creativity, productivity and diversity in discussions with Ricoh's workplace services director Simone Fenton-Jarvis and MoreySmith principal Linda Morey Burrows.
Luxury real estate company CBRE's Kate Davies and Art Acumen CEO Catherine Thomas will also join the talk.
Day five considers ‘the future’ of work, with a keynote session by Myerson from the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art and the Worktech Academy. This will be followed by a discussion with Mike O'Neill, former director of global research at Haworth, Guy Smith, founder of COSU and former design director of WeWork, and Frances Gain, associate of strategy at M. Moser Associates.
The conference has been organised by the creators of the MAD World Summit partnering exclusively with Dezeen as the media partner.
Registration is £25 for all five sessions, with profits donated to cancer support charity Maggie's.
For the full agenda, and to book your place visit: the event's website
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