INSIDE RETIREMENT HOUSING: DESIGNING, DEVELOPING and SUSTAINING LATER LIFESTYLES

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Annie Bellamy

ANNIE BELLAMY UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND. AS A DESIGNER AND RESEARCHER, I AM MOST INTERESTED IN THE WAY IN WHICH ARCHITECTURE AND OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT CAN SUPPORT MODELS OF CARE, IN PARTICULAR END OF LIFE AND PALLIATIVE CARE. COMPLETED IN 2022, MY DOCTORAL RESEARCH - “DESIGNING DYING WELL” – EMPLOYED A PRACTICE-LED FRAMEWORK AND DREW ON ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS TO EXPLORE THE MULTIPLE NARRATIVES OF CAREGIVING AT END OF LIFE. THE THESIS HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANCE AND ROLE OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CO-PRODUCTION OF IN-PATIENT HOSPICE BUILDINGS. MY RESEARCH, FOCUSED ON IN-PATIENT HOSPICES IN WALES, CONSIDERED THE POTENTIAL POLICY AND INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE FIELD OF END-OF-LIFE CARE ALONGSIDE AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTS DESIGNING FOR SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS. THE STUDY CHALLENGES NOT ONLY ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE OF HOSPICE CARE BUT PROVIDES A PROVOCATION FOR THE CURRENT STATE OF EDUCATION AND HOW ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS ARE TRAINED. AS A RESULT I HAVE A STRONG RESEARCH INTEREST IN NOT ONLY PERSON-CENTRED DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL CARE PRACTICES BUT ETHICAL PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. MY PHD, AWARDED IN 2022 FROM THE WELSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, CARDIFF WAS SUPERVISED BY A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF BETWEEN THE WELSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE SCHOOL OF HEALTHCARE SCIENCES. I HOLD A BA(HONS) IN ARCHITECTURE, SPACES AND OBJECTS FROM CENTRAL SAINT MARTIN’S COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, AND A MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE FROM THE WELSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, CARDIFF UNIVERSITY AND HAVE WORKED IN VARIOUS SCALES OF PRACTICE BETWEEN, LONDON, CAMBRIDGE AND BRISTOL. [email protected]