The seventh annual award was presented by the evaluation panel to BREI Masters student Rahul Manchanda for his dissertation proposal entitled “Evaluating Vertical and Horizontal Hospital Typologies: Spatial Efficiency, Patient Flow and Operational Performance”.
Five proposals were submitted from the current cohort studying MSc Healthcare Facilities and Architects for Health will be allocating mentors from among our professional members to support all 5 students as they develop their dissertations.
Dr Ann Noble was a prolific researcher, teacher, architect practitioner and Chair of Architects for Health for ten years, followed by her becoming Joint President together with Professor Ray Moss. Ann’s contribution to and leadership of Architects for Health through her energy and determination took the society to new heights: she corralled her wide range of contacts into events and debates as well as increasing membership and the influence and fortunes of the society.
Ann passed away a few years ago and the Ann Noble Research Award has been set up to celebrate her work and research interests. The award is made to a student taking the Bartlett Real Estates Institute Healthcare Facilities MSc and is specifically to be used for the furtherance of an MSc dissertation.
The close association between Architects for Health and the Bartlett Real Estate Institute with generous support from the Noble family, was celebrated recently with the presentation of the 7th Ann Noble Research Award.
