Spaces and Places

Workplace designers contend the spaces they design deliver benefits to organisations and the people who occupy them.

Existing studies have indicated organisational and wellbeing benefits of mass timber buildings such as reduced illness, increased job performance and reduced stress and fatigue.

The pandemic forced workers to experience the good, the bad and the ugly of working away from offices – and the evidence indicates most are finding it difficult to revert to pre-COVID working arrangements.

This project investigates the emotional dimensions of social capital from occupant and organisational perspectives.

This project tracks the mix of organisational and physical workplace changes already implemented, changes being considered or tested, changes in employee’s sentiments and experiences.

This project aims to collect relevant information about working arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results will identify key challenges faced by workers during the pandemic and inform strategies post-2020.

This projects aims to provide evidence about office buildings’ indoor environmental performance during the extreme bushfire season experienced during 2019-2020.

This project aims to map key design attributes shared by high performance, Activity Based Working (ABW) supportive workplaces.

Understanding the role of office design in government workers’ satisfaction and productivity.

This project aims to describe, quantify and analyse the impact of workspace design on workers’ satisfaction, productivity and health.

A sense of home is fundamental to wellbeing in later life.

Communities in Melbourne’s Western Growth Corridor lack adequate aged care infrastructure that responds to their local and cultural needs.

Mould is a widespread and life-threatening problem, affecting one in three Australian homes.

The proportion of older people (i.e., those aged 65 or over) in the world’s population is increasing due to historically low fertility rates combined with increased life expectancy.

This project focuses on reducing mould exposure for immunocompromised people and people living with respiratory conditions.

Each year, over half a million older Australians experience the upheaval of moving from their private home into a hospital or aged care facility.

Over the past decade, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) has experienced rapid growth globally and in Australia, driven by increasing international student enrolments and rising demand for high-quality, well-located housing.

The project investigates the nexus between housing and health over the life course and health benefits.

The aim of this research is to collect crucial data of indoor thermal comfort in old residential buildings to inform the decisions of the sale and rental prices of these buildings.

This project aims to provide evidence-based guidance on how to design and/or modify mainstream schools to make it easier for students with disabilities to participate.

In Australia and internationally, evidence-based school facility design has not kept pace with inclusive education policies and agendas during past decades.

The Living Lab project focuses on consolidating spaces as research ecosystems where short- and long-term investigations can take place.

This project maps key design features of contemporary learning spaces, with emphasis on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) performance and opportunities for reducing sedentary behaviour.

This research project aims to produce a theoretical framework for pedagogical approaches, research principles and computational tools for performance-based design focusing on architectural acoustics and structural behaviour, as both aspects are seen as opportunities for creativity rather than an obstacle to design imagination.

This project evaluates key challenges and opportunities regarding the design of employment precincts, including sustainability and health outcomes relevant to workers, buildings, organizations and the community.

The value of digital tools that optimise and improve planning and design though to operations of buildings cannot be realised without fit-for-purpose (single-point of truth/as-built) data about, and models of, our buildings.

This systematic scoping review seeks to examine and synthesise current evidence and design principles in relation to the effects of the built environment of outpatient mental health facilities on user outcomes.