The Project
NOVELL Redesign is a healthcare redesign and innovation project funded by the Felton Bequest and the University of Melbourne. The project is based at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia and the team is in close partnership with government, healthcare, industry, academia and community. NOVELL Redesign provides an evidence-based springboard for rethinking how stroke rehabilitation facilities are designed and integrated with models of care. Our goal is to develop a comprehensive and evidence-based design process, taking a whole facility and a whole service approach. We begin by considering current best practice guidelines and best evidence rehabilitation architecture. We then apply rigorous research and cutting edge technology to visualize, rigorously test and refine new designs in a virtual facility to produce the optimal outcome for all users.
Our Living Lab Framework
Engagement
We use co-design and co-creation methods – bringing together stakeholders and end-users to rethink rehabilitation in partnership with researchers and designers. By engaging with the entire rehabilitation system we can generate new ways of thinking about services and the environment in which rehabilitation is delivered.
Evaluation
We evaluate our processes and outcomes throughout the project life cycle. This helps us to ensure the success of the NOVELL Redesign Living Lab framework and to deliver successfully on the project aims.
Research
Design Science emphasises problem identification, solution design, evaluation and communication. Design mock-ups of rehabilitation facilities are built in a virtual environment and refined through rapid prototyping.
This research method is ideally suited for investigating previously under-researched areas of healthcare design. By taking this approach, we can prioritise high transferability, leading to real-world impact.
Impact
The real-world impacts of project outputs are captured and fed back into the ongoing Living Lab cycles to spark further innovation. We engage with our cross-sector networks to disseminate new findings and lessons learned, and partner with industry to impact practice change.
Our Design Process
Multi-method
Existing user-centred, co-creation methodologies are adapted and combined to create a multi-method approach that addresses our specific project goals.
Engagement
End-users and all relevant stakeholders are actively engaged to ensure a mutually valued outcome, including
representatives from public and private sectors, academia and every-day citizens.
Cycles of Innovation
Virtual reality technology allows us to have multiple design iterations and rapidly prototype new designs in context.
Our Team
Julie Bernhardt
The Florey Institute
Heidi Zeeman
Griffith University
Marcus White
Swinburne University
Marie Elf
Chalmers University
Leonid Churilov
University of Melbourne
Maria Crotty
Flinders University
Ruby Lipson-Smith
The Florey Institute
Aaron Davis
The Florey Institute
Luis Pflaumer
The Florey Institute
Our Partners
Featured Full Collaborator:
Featured Affiliate:
Silver Thomas Hanley
STH Health Architecture
STH approach each project from a strong design and operational knowledge base, to provide a unique and operationally sustainable solution. Through dialogue and collaboration we strive to provide designs that enhance the experience for all users.
Vivid
Wayfinding
Vivid Wayfinding is a visual communications company with expertise in environmental design, print and multimedia. They specialise in creating clear, engaging visual communication on walls, paper and screens, and believe the role of design is to add a smile in the mind.
Other Project Partners:
Our Advisory Committee
We are proud to have an extremely experienced advisory board that meets quarterly to guide and review the progress of NOVELL Redesign. The current membership of the NOVELL Redesign Advisory Board (listed alphabetically) includes:
David Allison FAIA, FACHA Alumni Distinguished Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture + Health, Clemson University.
Simon Chong, MHA (hons), BPT. Victorian Health Building Authority, Department of Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Associate Professor Kate Copeland AM, Chair, Australian Health Design Council.
Ms Julie Davey, Master Mngt; BSW; BA; AFACHSM Consumer Consultant.
Professor D. Kirk Hamilton, PhD, FAIA, FACHA, FCCM, EDAC, Texas A&M University, USA.
Adjunct Professor Warren Kerr AM, B.Arch MHP LFRAIA FACHSM Hon AIA .
Professor Natasha Lannin PhD, BSc, GCIS, FAOTA, FOTARA, Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Stefano Scalzo, Executive General Manager: Planning and Development, Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority (VHHSBA).
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, D.Arch, FAIA.
Alice Joan Morrice Williams B.Com, FCPA, FAICD, CFA, AIF ASFA.