IN-PERSON London. Section A
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted human fragility, causing vast global social, economic, health and political disruption, and ultimately resulting in imposed restrictions on urban environments, until a vaccine was developed and rolled out. This has highlighted unprecedented challenges in relation to preventative disease mitigation and containment strategies, and the need for new methodologies for predictive planning of pandemic resilient human habitats. A paradigm shift is needed to move from reactive to predictive planning models that allow built environment and healthcare professionals to work in a co-ordinated and structured way. This would enable them to influence early-stage planning to improve the resilience and health outcomes of our communities inhabiting urban and territorial spaces. The purpose of this research is to provide recommendations for a novel predictive planning methodology to strengthen established frameworks and develop new planning tools.The work reveals that new cross-sector linkages are required between built environment and medical planning expertise and encourages planners and architects to collaborate with healthcare professionals in the early design stages to develop urban planning schemes, incorporating the latest pandemic prevention tactics into their proposals. A pathway for a development of a framework and toolset is outlined. These new predictive refinements to existing frameworks are designed to enable pandemic-resilient communities supported through a consistent, structured dialogue between the two disciplines and advance urban and architectural planning standards for pandemic resilience.
Justin McKay is an accomplished project leader, with over two decades of global facilities and industrial property expertise. Founding and directing a sustainability consultancy, he has overseen transformative projects. BREAM outstanding, carbon-negative warehouse, a Hydrogen fuel cell and Hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing plant. With a proven track record at prestigious companies like Cummins, Mercedes Benz and RS-Components, Justin excels in project management, sustainability strategies, and operational optimization. A Chartered Engineer dedicated to excellence; Justin is shaping the future of sustainable development.
Andy Gibson has worked in the Construction Industry for over 30 years and has specialised in Engineered Wood Products for the last 20. Since graduating from UWE with a First-Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering in 2005, he has held a variety of design and design-management roles before becoming Operations Manager for a successful Timber Frame business in Hampshire in 2013. Having been appointed to the Board, as Technical Director, in 2021, Andy’s key roles now include taking a leadership position on Corporate and Social Responsibility.
Paul Michael Pelken is an experienced registered architect, academic, and innovator with a consistent 20-year track record of award-winning, patented developments in design, architecture, and engineering. He has extensive experience including projects ranging from industrial design to large-scale architectural structures. He has practised in Germany, Italy, UK, USA and China, and his work has been widely published and exhibited. He has lectured and contributed to over 40 conferences internationally. Michael is a Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, an Honorary Visiting Professor at City, University of London, and a Visiting Professor at The Bartlett, UCL.
Lydia Randall is a Director of BDG architecture + design, an international practice with studios in London, New York and Sao Paulo.
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