Symposium Programme (May 2021)

Biophilic Design for Health and Well-being in Post-pandemic School

May 28th, 2021 (9:30-14:50 BST)  

Programme:

9:30 – 9:40    Introduction: the GCRF project by Dr. Rokhshid Ghaziani, Prof. Paramita Atmodiwirjo and Dr. Supreeya Wungpatcharapon

09:40 – 10:10   Post-COVID Biophilic School Design: Back to the Future | Learning from the Open-Air School Movement by Dr. Kenn Fisher, University of Melbourne, Australia

10:10 – 10:55   Do we learn from unprecedented change driven by Covid-19 to schools and learning to transform or may schools revert to the norm? by Gareth Long (the-learning-crowd ltd) and Helen Groves RIBA (Atkins), UK

10:55 – 11:10  Questions and Answers

11:10 – 11:20   Comfort Break

11:20 – 11:50   Impacts of COVID-19 on schools: Designing environments fostering learning and wellbeing by Dr. Tiina Mäkelä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

11:50 – 12:20   RETHINK school design by Helen Taylor FRIBA (Scott Brownrigg), UK

12:20 – 12:30   Questions and Answers

12:30-13:00   Lunch Break

13:00 – 13:20   Biophilic Design of Primary Schools: Exploring Children’s Views by Dr. Rokhshid Ghaziani, School of Art, Design and Architecture, De Montfort University, UK

13:20 – 13:50 Biophilia in School Renovation: A design framework for inhabitants’ well-being through bioclimatic opportunities by Prof. Claude M.H. Demers & Prof. André Potvin, École d’architecture, Université Laval, Québec, CANADA

13:50 – 14:10 The Role of School Design and Occupants on Improving Indoor Air Quality: Post Pandemic by Dr. Sepideh S. Korsavi (University of Plymouth) and Dr. Azadeh Montazami (Coventry University), UK

14:10 – 14:20 Questions and Answers

14:20 – 14:50 Discussion – How biophilic design of schools could support the health and well-being of children and teachers Post-Pandemic?

Email: rokhshid.ghaziani@dmu.ac.uk