Heritage as part of the Palimpsest: Rethinking heritage at risk In London through an approach that is driven by the context

This research aims to develop en apply a new approach towards dealing with heritage in the built environment. By taking the Royal London Hospital area and the Former Outpatient Department within this domain as a case study, tools to connect to specific layers of the context that were found in the research are implied. This is in contrast to the...

Smart Tools in the Outpatient Department: Explore to what extent smart tools and layout can contribute to an effective and efficient use of space in the outpatient department of a Dutch hospital

The transformations the healthcare sector is undergoing can be divided into three types of changes; gradual change, sudden change and expected change. The ageing population represents the gradual change. The ageing population brings an increased demand for care, while also an increasing need for cost control and a decrease in available capacity...

'Smart' Outpatient Department: Exploring which potential optimisations of the outpatient department could improve patient experience, medical specialist’s workflow and utilisation of space

Today, the deregulated Dutch healthcare system, the changing demographics and the growing shortage of medical specialists is putting pressure on the entire hospital and its employees. Thus, improving the patient experience, medical specialist’s workflow and utilisation of space would enable hospitals to provide better care to its patients, while...