CEUs
1 LU/HSW
Cost
$10
AIA, AIAS, AFC, ASHRE, 2030 District, CNU Midwest, Green Umbrella, NOMA, ULI Cincinnati, and USGBC Members
$25
Non-Members
Free
Full-time students
Location
Somerhaus
Program Overview
Advance registration required before 3pm on May 19.
This lecture and engagement session will introduce participants to the Design-Led Co-Strategy for Health Lab, through our method for engagement with stakeholders and the integration of qualitative stakeholder engagement into collaborative design processes. Participants will learn and understand low impact ways that research and evidence-oriented practices can yield high impact possible results for the project stakeholders and their target goals in the health arenas.
Evidence based design and post-occupancy evaluation are important components of health, building, and design practice. This session draws out how research, and evidence, can play an even stronger part in the design, deployment, and community practices inherent in many projects. The goal here is to give participants simple tools to use basic empirical research to further augment the welfare of those who will ultimately use the buildings and spaces, as the projects are being designed with the community stakeholders at the table.
Learning Objectives
Participants will become familiar with the basic research approaches and terminology of design research for health. This includes the difference between primary and secondary research, empirical research, and a quick primer on approaches and ethics in design research.
Participants will become familiar with the vocabulary of Design Led Strategy for Health, and Socially Responsive Design Processes for use with stakeholders in their projects.
Through this session, participants will gain perspective on research they currently do, they will understand the type of research approach that they might deploy in their architecture practice, and they will also understand what further processes might augment their current efforts
Participants will understand how to deploy a simple process for onsite data collection, in office analysis, and synthesis that will yield human centered evidence-based insights for their projects. This process will build on-site effort they may already undertake.
Keynote Speaker
D. S. Nicholas, NCIDQ, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA
Associate Professor Drexel University, Westphal College
Director MS Design Research, MsDes
D.S. Nicholas (Dee) established the Design-led Co-strategy 4 Health (DLCS4Health) lab, an Umbrella Lab that houses interdisciplinary research and scholarship, in 2013. She is a tenured Associate Professor and the Founding Director of the MS Design Research Program at Drexel University, in Philadelphia. Dee holds a BARCH from Carnegie Mellon, an MFA from The University of the Arts and is currently working towards her Social Science PhD. Her work as a researcher, teacher, and colleague is primarily concerned with the health-supportive possibilities within our environments through habit and setting, and springs from her formative experiences as a “third culture kid”. Her lab takes a socially responsive approach to the research they undertake, and recently she exhibited and presented research works in Australia, Europe, the Midwest, and the East Coast.
Dee’s work is presented in national and international journals including: The Design Journal, Enquiry: The ARCC Journal for Architectural Research, The Plan Journal, and ii Journal: international journal of interior architecture + spatial design. With 20 years of practice experience including as a small business owner, Dee also co-holds two patents, and collaborates with researchers from Biology, Public Health, Epidemiology, Education, Chemistry and Psychology on her work which also draws students from across the university and at all levels.
Based on over 20 years of scholarship, service, and research, Dee believes there are three aspects to the Future of Design:
1. Research, and evidence, as the basis for many design decisions.
2. Equity, access, and climate as interconnected complex problems that are primary aspects of every design situation.
3. All designers must operate as servant leaders within their communities of work.
Continuing Education Details
Course Number: V2022.d
Instructional Delivery Method: live
AIA CES Program Approval Expiration Date: 4/5/2025
Prerequisites: none
Program Level: beginner
Advance Learner Preparation: none
AIA CES Provider Statement
AIA Cincinnati is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number 088. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).
This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.