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Equal access is not an optional extra

How can we design healthcare facilities and hospitals where everyone feels included? We explore the concept of inclusive design, why it matters and how it relates to increased wellbeing.

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Six qualities of great urban places

Drawing on global best practice in urban design, we’ve decoded the components of places that deliver for people and planet.

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The elastic office building

How owners and developers can maximise the value of their assets by making them more flexible.

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Close to home – exploring 15-minute urban living in Ireland (and beyond)

“Close to Home”, a research report by Hassell and Irish Institutional Property, explores the concept of a 15 minute city and its potential for shaping the future of urban living in Ireland..

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Data-driven decisions for the post-pandemic campus

Universities have reached a ​‘working from home’ tipping point. What does this mean for on-campus office space?

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An uncomfortable truth – the empty academic office

Under-utilisation of academic offices may escalate the long-standing tussle for university space.

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Spatial resilience: a post-COVID way of thinking about our university campuses

AUDE (the Association of University Directors of Estates) commissioned Hassell to look at the way the collective experience of working off-campus during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed attitudes, perceptions and habits in higher education across the world.

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The Evolving Office: 2021 Workplace Futures Survey

Our annual survey of 2300 office workers in Australia, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom provides important clues about what people want from their workplace as life goes ​“back to normal”.

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The headlines say people want to work 2-3 days from home…

We’ve tested a variety of survey questions as we try to understand the post-pandemic workplace. Are the headlines right?

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Redesigning hospitals for the digital revolution we just had

Hospital infrastructure in Australia wasn’t ready for the significant increase in telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How to structure the workplace after COVID-19

Remote? In-person? Hybrid? There’s no shortage of opinions on where we’ll work next. But what do they mean for our workplaces?

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Making space for vulnerable people

We examine three spatial solutions that attempt to differentiate mental health services in hospital Emergency Departments.

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Engagement or extinction?

Can good design help overcome barriers to engagement between universities and industry?

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Balancing the books

Academic libraries are stretched to the limit, balancing financial, cultural and strategic goals to keep so many different users happy.

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Places with purpose

The word ​‘innovation’ is all-too-familiar to us these days, but how much do we know about the physical environments that make it happen?