Co-Creating Space for Mental Health: Collaboration, Creativity, and Communication

Blyth, A., Spankie, R. and Kypraiou, D. 2022. Co-Creating Space for Mental Health: Collaboration, Creativity, and Communication. ARCH22 ‘Enabling health, care and well-being through design research' 5th Architecture Research Care and Health conference. TU Delft, Amsterdam 22 - 24 Aug 2022 The Evolving Scholar Orvium. https://doi.org/10.24404/62307961af43e6e5078535fd

TitleCo-Creating Space for Mental Health: Collaboration, Creativity, and Communication
AuthorsBlyth, A., Spankie, R. and Kypraiou, D.
TypeConference paper
Abstract

This paper will describe a unique cross-disciplinary collaboration between the Medical School at Imperial College London and the School of Architecture and Cities at the University of Westmin-ster, which explored the relationship between design, mental health and wellbeing, using a co-design paradigm. The collaboration included 650 students from across six courses, four un-der-graduate and two postgraduate namely; BSc Medicine, BA Architecture, BA Interior Architec-ture, BSc Architectural Technology, Master of Architecture and RIBA Part III as well as 40+ members of staff. Three years in the planning, this innovative project consisted of two one-day co-design workshops, during which 64 cross-disciplinary groups of students reflected on four de-fined mental health conditions to identify problems and propose solutions for the design of four existing NHS mental healthcare sites.

Keywordsco-design
collaboration
experiential learning
stakeholder
empathy
Year2022
ConferenceARCH22 ‘Enabling health, care and well-being through design research' 5th Architecture Research Care and Health conference
PublisherThe Evolving Scholar Orvium
Publication dates
Published15 Mar 2022
JournalThe Evolving Scholar Orvium
ISSN2667-2812
Book titleARCH22
ProjectCo-creating Space for Mental Health: Co-production project with Imperial College Medical School
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.24404/62307961af43e6e5078535fd
Web address (URL) of conference proceedingshttps://dapp.orvium.io/communities/61e16f836a1c4e00091e60a6/view

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