Post by Ann Heylighen

During the first months of the #covid19pandemic, crisis management and fast decision-making were key as hospitals attempted to ensure optimal care. To gain insight into #decisionmaking processes regarding infrastructural adaptations, Research[x]Designers Pleuntje Jellema & Margo Annemans conducted interviews with representatives of technical services, facilities and planning departments in several general hospitals in Flanders. Whereas the initial approach turned out to be predominantly top-down, insights gained into the type of cross-departmental collaboration that was necessary and possible during the covid-19 crisis may also have value under more regular circumstances to swivel between top-down requirements and #design contexts ‘on the ground’. Read more about our study in the on-line proceedings of Design Cultures - Cumulus Roma 2020 > 2021, in the chapter on Design Culture (of) New Normal. KU Leuven | KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering Science | Architectural engineering: education and research | with the generous support of Research Foundation Flanders - FWO & the KU Leuven Industrial Research Fund | photo: AZ Sint-Maarten https://lnkd.in/dm85S6MH