12 slides reflecting what I learnt from Prof Phil Astley

1. Readings
 Where people live affects their health and chances of leading
successful lives
 Any infrastructure planning system must remain dynamic and
integrated due to rapid changes in technology, demographics etc.
 Baseline (Case for change)
 Model (Scenarios)
 Reviews (Proposals)
Learnt

2. Lectures
 Open building is the pedestal and only time completes the building
 Projects have starts and commonly thought finishes
 Start with the expectation of success
 Reflexivity theory
 Awareness (people and area)
 Responsiveness
 Adaptability
Learnt

3. Tasks
 Create scenarios that will inform our thinking, approach and process
 Create scenarios to test the success or failure of our interventions
 Use the scenarios to further develop and improve our interventions
 Constant cycle of going forward and then going back to go
forward
Learnt

4. Make it personal
 Think about the different types of users and their various
backgrounds
 Think about how each person would interact with the building and
how they might use spaces
 Important to imagine or even better, interview people who would
be using my intervention. The project and process then become
about the people you are designing for and not just a university
project
Thinking

5. Time
 What can be done now (may be something very simple or small)
 Identify what people need now and what they might need in the
future
 How will we plan in order to meet the needs now and in the future
Thinking

6. Process
 Identify what is happening in the area or on site
 What is driving the need for change (poverty, polution)
 What can be implemented to make the change
 How will you go about implementing it
 What are the implications of that
Thinking

7. Mapping
 Macro
 Micro
 Organisational
 Inter-personal
Application

8. Users
 Accessibility and usability of the intervention is important to the
success of the project
 Neighbourhoods/communities with good health equity need
 Access to basic goods
 Social cohesion
 Promotion of good physical and psychological well-being through design
 Protective of the natural environment
Application

9. Design
 The design of our projects will not be able to solve all the problems
in the country.
 Our projects and designs need to focus on one or two specific
problems or themes and we need to design to achieve those first.
 Our designs won’t make an impact if they just touch the surface of
many problems or themes, we need to focus our attention to one or
two and deal with them intensively.
 Need to respond to the current context and be able to adapt to
future needs
Application

10. Future
 Need to implement strategies that will shape the future uses or
designs.
 The future is uncertain and we need to accept that we will
 We need to cater for the unknown
Application

11. Examination
1. MEDICAL TESTING AT OR NEAR THE SITE OF PATIENT CARE
2. PLANNING COMMUNITY LEVEL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
3. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AFFECTS THEIR HEALTH AND CHANCES OF
LEADING FLOURISHING LIVES.

12. Integration
1. PLACING MY PROJECT IN AN AREA WHERE IT IS MOST NEEDED
2. BUILDING NEEDS TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY WORKING AND LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
1. Mobility
2. Socio-economic circumstance
3. Behavioral risk factors
4. Changing environment