Project responsibility: Dr. Helena Müller

For child and adolescent psychotherapy practice of Hannah Heldt, an explorative analysis and design process was used to assess the diverse therapy-specific spatial requirements. This iterative process resulted in innovative approaches for the efficient use of space and therapy-supporting design of the interior.

Project responsibility: Dr. Müller & Dr. Rehn-Groenendijk

An evidence-based spatial concept was developed in cooperation with the 'Forschungsgruppe Innovative Produkte und Systeme' to set up a general medical practice at RWTH Aachen University Hospital (Campuspraxis MVZ Aachen gGmbH), taking telemedicine services into account.

Project responsibility: Dr. Rehn-Groenendijk

Through creative workshops, individual consultations, and conceptual design phases, the project aims to make an evidence-based contribution to the design transformation of a former pulmonary hospital into the "Zukunftsort Waldhof".

Project responsibility: Dr. Rehn-Groenendijk

As part of the Peru Reconstruction Program project, a workshop was designed and implemented for University College London to discuss the potentials and methods of patient experience design for the Peruvian health system.

Project responsibility: Dr. Rehn-Groenendijk

Funded by the Wellcome Trust and co-organized with the British Academy, the project brought together academics and practitioners in the field of prisons and forensic psychiatry to rethink the role and design of these institutions. In a co-creation session, we used parts of the SEA model to explore the health-promoting potential of these contexts together with the stakeholders. An important discourse that has only just begun.

Project responsibility: Dr. Rehn-Groenendijk & Dr. Müller

Together with researchers from University College London, the project “Let's not forget those who forget!” used workshops, panel discussions and other formats to investigate the specific challenges that exist when developing design solutions for and with people with dementia. The project was funded by the research program “UKRI Research England”.

The project: UCL Grand Challenges of the ‘Age & Society: Life through generations’ call for the project ‘Let’s not forget those who forget! What individuals with dementia think of the design of their living environment?’ and UCL HEIF Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Fund for the project ‘Let’s not forget those who forget! Knowledge exchange on participatory design for environments for dementia’, at the Bartlett Real Estate Institute UCL. The Design Institute acted as external consultant.

PI of the project: Dr. Evangelia Chrysikou, University College London, UK

Project responsibility: Dr. Rehn-Groenendijk

Creativity can be seen as an important modulator of health-promoting lifestyles. It allows new solutions to be found to tricky problems and thus reinforces a sense of control and self-efficacy.

This creative journal was developed and marketed as an explorative design concept. Structured in the form of a 7-week program, it aims to develop creative potential in users through daily exercises and supplementary information and to make it applicable.