August 12, 2005—The American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows has awarded its 2005 Latrobe Fellowship of $100,000 to Chong Partners Architecture, Kaiser Permanente, and the University of California at Berkeley for a research study on “Multi-cultural Influences on the Design of a Healthcare Setting.”
The research will incorporate techniques from psychology, sociology and neuroscience, building on the 2003 Latrobe Fellowship to the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture that studied how the human brain perceives architecture at the biomedical level.
The grant, named for architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is awarded biennially by the AIA College of Fellows for research leading to significant advances in the architectural profession. The 2005 research will involve an unusual collaboration of architect, client, and university to determine specific knowledge of how hospital design affects the recovery and healing for people of different cultures, says AIA. It will combine traditional research with new applications to develop a model that architects and designers can apply to address cultural diversity in the design of any public building.
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