Webinar: International Research and Good Practices on Senior Housing

Picture: Jonne Renvall, Tampere University

What are the good practices on Senior Housing? What does the current research tell us? A warm welcome to join us for a webinar discussing exactly these questions with our keynote speaker architect Sarah Wigglesworth (RDI MBE RIBA) and our Future Senior Housing research and co-development project TULE's professionals on October 10 at 13-16. Sign up now and come hear more in October!

What and when?

International Research and Good Practices on Senior Housing -webinar on October 10, 2024 at 13-16 o’clock (UTC+3, Helsinki)

The event is supported by Century Long Lives (CLL), thank you!

The webinar will introduce international research and good practices on senior housing with short lectures (keynote lecture by Sarah Wigglesworth), and case presentations, and include a panel discussion with our Finnish project members. Detailed program is below.

To save the date to your calendar and to attend the event, please sign up through this link or by submitting your details through the imbedded Forms below. By signing up, we will send you the calendar invitation by Microsoft. Other attendees will not see your name or email on the calendar invitation. The webinar will be recorded.

Webinar program

  • 13.00–13.10 Welcome & TULE project
  • 13.10–13.20 Century Long Lives (CLL) profiling area, Anu Siren, Professor, Tampere University
  • 13.20–14.10 Ageing Better by Design – Sarah Wigglesworth, Architect, Freelancer
  • 14.10–14.30 HAPPI principles – Irene Craik, Director, Levitt Bernstein
  • 14.30–14.35 Break
  • 14.35–14.55 Case 1: Carpe Diem Dementia Village – Camilla Heier Anglero, Partner, Head of healthcare design, Nordic Office of Architecture
  • 14.55–15.15 Case 2: Bauernhof Wohngemeinschaft – Philipp Diehl, Manager, Zukunft Pflegebauernhof
  • 15.15–15.35 Case 3: Regnbågen Kooperativa Hyresrättsförening – Pia Faxén, Chairman of the association, Regnbågen Senior Housing
  • 15.35–15.55 Panel discussion
    • Sarah Wigglesworth
    • Irene Craik
    • Sanna Mäkinen, Executive Director, Lahti Foundation of Housing and Services for the Elderly
    • Juri Pelkonen, Architect, Ara-Asuntojen Tuotanto Arttu Oy
  • 15.55–16.00 Thank you

Sarah Wigglesworth, RDI MBE RIBA

SWA Staff Portraits 2021. Copyright Jim Stephenson 2021

Is a sought-after speaker and published worldwide as an architect with 30 years of experience in practice. She was also a Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield for 19 years. There she led the DWELL research project designing exemplary neighbourhoods and housing for older people. She is acknowledged as a pioneering influence in British architecture and has extensive expertise in green and sustainable design. Her work is characterised by careful theorising of the issues unique to each project and close engagement with clients and users.

Accoplishments:

  • 2003: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to architecture
  • 2010: CABE Commissioner
  • 2012: Royal Designer for Industry (RDI)

Knowledge gained from: Profile – Sarah Wigglesworth Architects (swarch.co.uk)

Irene Craik

Kuva: Levitt Bernstein

Irene Craik has been a Director at Levitt Bernstein architects since 2002. With particular expertise in specialist housing, she leads projects, which often combine both residential and healthcare requirements. She is an expert in housing for older people and has led a number of projects like this, including Hazelhurst Court and Buccleuch House. She co-authored the HAPPI report in 2009 and contributed to the HAPPI 2 report in 2012.

She has also worked across the arts and commercial sectors, where many projects involve the creative re-use of existing historic buildings for a wide variety of uses.

Knowledge gained from: Irene Craik — Levitt Bernstein and Irene Craik – New London Architecture (nla.london)

 

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About TULE-project is here.

Jaana Vanhatalo, M.Sc. (Admin.)
TULE-project’s leader
jaana.vanhatalo@tuni.fi

Alisa Hakola, MSocSc
Researcher, CoreLab
alisa.hakola@tuni.fi