{"43084":{"#nid":"43084","#data":{"type":"event","title":"COA Research Forum: Dr. Craig Zimring, \u0022Healthy Environments and Healthcare Design\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Craig Zimring presents his work on \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHealthy Environments and Healthcare Design\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E as part of the College of Architecture Research Forum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture\u0027s COA Research Forums provide an informal setting for the community to learn about research within the College of Architecture. Forums are free and open to the public and participants are invited to explore ideas and identify opportunities for collaboration. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll talks are held in the Architecture Library from 11:00AM to 12:00PM on the last Thursday of August through April. Talks are 30 to 45 minutes followed by questions and discussion.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/19883\/browse-title\u0022\u003EView past COA Research Forums through SMARTech, Georgia Tech\u0027s digital repository.\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Zimring\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAn environmental psychologist, Craig Zimring is professor of  architecture and of psychology at Georgia Tech.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his teaching, writing, consulting and research he has developed methods, procedures and concepts for  the evaluation of buildings, including computer tools. He has developed both overall theories and methods of building evaluation and performed specialized studies of issues such as wayfinding, security and stress. He has also performed comprehensive studies of building types such as healthcare facilities, jails and prisons, courthouses and embassies. He has particularly focused on how social, organizational and behavioral information can be incorporated into design and decision-making at a variety of scales, from the freshman design studio to the $4.5 billion California Prison development program and the $10 billion US Courthouse construction program, focusing on organizationally responsive architecture.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo achieve these ends he has worked in the design studio, lectured to facility mangers, written in the popular and professional press, served as consultant and  directed research projects for AT\u0026amp;T, US Dept. of State, US Department of Transportation, Ministry of Education of France, US General Services Administration, California Department of General Services and many others and served on the board of several professional organizations including the Environmental  Design Research Association, the Justice Facilities Research Program Research Board, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Building Bridges Program and the National Academy of Sciences Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Craig Zimring will discuss his research in healthy environments and healthcare design as part of the College of Architecture Research Forum.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Craig Zimring, professor of architecture and psychology"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-08-11 10:51:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:21","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-04-23T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2009-04-23T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-04-23T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-04-23 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-04-23 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-04-23 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5503","name":"craig zimring"},{"id":"637","name":"design schools"},{"id":"5502","name":"evidence based design"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"5501","name":"healthcare design healthcare architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}