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Losing Myself: Designing for People with Dementia
Author(s) -
McLaughlin Níall
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2631
Subject(s) - respite care , architecture , dementia , sociology , gerontology , engineering , management , visual arts , art , medicine , disease , nursing , economics , pathology
Architect and Professor of Architectural Practice at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, Níall McLaughlin describes his research into dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He explains the thinking behind his practice's design for an Alzheimer's Respite Centre in Dublin, and his subsequent collaboration with fellow Bartlett Professor of Architecture and Experimental Practice Yeoryia Manolopoulou in the creation of an installation about these themes at the Venice Architecture Biennale.