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Health and Wellbeing at Lancaster University
23rd March , 2018Jason Homan – Head of Development ProjectsVicki Mathews – Development Manager
Health and Wellbeing at Lancaster University
Some of the Underlying Causes of Mental Illness in Universities.
• The move to a new area
• Missing family and friends
• Cultural implications
• Managing life skills – cooking, banking
• Difficulties with language barriers
• New ways of learning and teaching styles
• Health issues
• University lifestyle
• Balancing study with employment
The Design of our Built Environment Affects our Health and Well-being.
• The quantity and quality of social connections.
• Physical activity reduces symptoms of mental and physical ill-health.
• Being mindful – paying attention to the present and being aware of thoughts and feelings.
• Design should be responsive to user needs.
• Space influences our sense of comfort and beauty.
The Health Innovation Campus
Context for the HIC at Lancaster
• Strong national and international profile
– Times University of the Year 2018
– Triple top 10
• Faculty of Health and Medicine established 2008
• Pan-university, interdisciplinary – “One Lancaster” approach
• Engaged with all NHS organisations across Lancashire and Cumbria – “Health Hub”
• Aim to enhance health and healthcare locally and globally
Vision for the HIC
Create a world-class centre of excellence for innovation and research in population health:
• Transform health care and practice regionally and internationally impacting on health outcomes
• Bring together innovators, academics, entrepreneurs, businesses. Local government, citizens and health care providers
• Provide major contribution to regional economic development
• Support service reform in public sector
Features of the HIC
• Globally-unique testbed ecosystem: Creating, developing, evaluating, delivering and sustaining new health practices and products
• Engage the power of all academic disciplines
• Drive and support innovations for rural and dispersed, as well as urban, communities
• Link with other local, regional and national infrastructure development
Lancaster University
Concept
Site Layout
Materials
Internal Impressions
External impressions
Addressing Health and Well-being with in Student Residences at Lancaster
• Students’ wellbeing is greatly affected by their environment and the conditions they live in. Accommodation is therefore a significant part of a student’s experience whilst at university.
• Design with emphasis on the importance of light, sound, temperature, air quality, and access.
• Social study designed for wellbeing to produce better learning outcomes.
• Design through all senses – sound, smell, touch.
• Spaces to address the relational, social, and ecological needs of students.
• Residences catering for diverse and varied living patterns to provide the fundamental necessities of space, autonomy, security and good living.
Sports
Study Spaces
External Landscape
Supporting Facilities
Social Spaces
The economic
case for
human-
centred
design?HEE Forum
Dr Caroline Paradise
wellbeing
and the built environment
Adapted from
World Health Organisation.
Social determinants of health. WHO [cited 2014 Apr 9].
positive
impact of design
impact of
workplace wellbeing
negative
impact of design
financial implications
community
mental wellbeing
63% agree that a ‘sense of ownership or belonging’ has an impact on their satisfaction with the building they study in.
Atkins Human Centred Design 2016-2017
the scale of
wellbeing issues
Source: IPPR, Not by degrees: Improving student mental health in the UK's universities, 2017
Source: AoC, Survey on students with mental health conditions, 2017
World Green Building Council. 2014. Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices.
business
impacts
how do you
estimate the value?
Light
Ventilation
Thermal comfort
Acoustics
Interactive office
Biophilia
Improving daylight provision
and increasing the quality of
artificial lightIncreasing ventilation and
reducing volatile compounds and
carbon dioxide
The temperature of the working
environment, individual’s
ability to control it
Environmental noise (e.g. roads),
white noise (e.g. air conditioning
systems) and pink noise (e.g. human
voice frequency)The level of control an
individual has over the office
environment, for example,
control of lighting,
ventilation and physical desk
set-upPlants, nature, a view of the
outdoors, interior colours and
materials
6 key impact areas critical
to experience and wellbeing
Atkins Human Centred
Design
human centred
design: light
Light is a external trigger for a wide
variety of biological responses. Our brain
registers light as data about the external
environment.
– Vitamin D
– Circadian rhythm
– Heart rate
– Sleep quality
– Concentration
Office workers who sit near windows in offices have, on average, 46 more minutes sleep per night than colleagues without a window. (I.Cheung, 2013)
human centred
design: light
good natural light levels
sees an improvement
impact on student
progression.
+26%
+20%Reading
Maths
4%
human centred
design: ventilation
3.5%
gains in productivity as a result of
increased outside air rates, dedicated
delivery of fresh air to the workstation,
and reduced levels of pollutants.
18.5%
human centred
design: soundNeuroscientists have linked a number of brain regions with our emotional responses to sound.
These include:
– Thalamus - Relays sensory data and helps
regulate sleep
– Amygdala - Processes memories and
emotional reactions
– Prefrontal cortex - Linked to personality and
critical decision-making
– Insular cortex - Regulates heartbeat and is
connected to empathy, pain and social
awareness
– Broca's area - Affects language
comprehension and generation
Source:http://www.amplifon.ie/resources/impact-of-sound-on-the-brain/
human centred
design: sound
2%
human centred design:
connection to nature
Visual connection
Providing a visual connection facilitates increased communications amongst colleagues and supports knowledge sharing (Shafaghat et al, 2014)
Connectivity to the
wider world
Attention restoration reduces cortisol levels and reduces stress (Lee, Williams & Sargent, 2015)
human centred
design: connection to nature
6%
the cost of
wellbeing
Light
Ventilation
Thermal comfort
Acoustics
Interactive office
Biophilia
4%
3.5%
1%
2%
5.5%
6%
Potential Productivity gain
