Health Care / Health Design 2021 – Session 3
Frame of Mind: Designing for Mental Health
Associate professor Jan Golembiewski PhD is the director and nominated architect at Psychological Design. He is one of the world’s leading architects driving innovation and research around behavioural, affective and psychological reactions to the physical environment. This places him at the centre of current thinking about the effects of design and health. His work has earned him a fellowship in the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health and a place in the Expert Reference Group of Dementia Training Australia. His work around problem solving in this space is also important, not only in the field of design, but in neuroscience earning another fellowship; he is the only architect to have been invited to join the Schizophrenia Research Institute.