Teva Hesse is this week addressing the European Healthcare Design (EHD) congress He is speaking on “A neighbourhood approach to mental health and wellbeing.”
His work and presentations focus on the following key areas:
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- Mental Health Design: He actively advocates against the “obsession with risk” in UK mental health units, arguing that designing overly sterile environments limits therapeutic healing and patient recovery.
- Therapeutic Environments: Hesse promotes benchmarking and evidence-based design to give patients more control, agency, and a sense of normalcy during their stay.
- Award-Winning Projects: His work at Springfield University Hospital earned recognition, including a “Highly Commended” award for Mental Health Design and the Project of the Year.
- Design Inspiration: He compares international approaches—such as the less restrictive, normalised ward designs in Denmark, to challenge the UK’s status quo in healthcare architecture.
