Beyond Scoring: Facilitating Enhanced Evaluation of the Design Quality of Nhs Healthcare Buildings
Year: 2011
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The evaluation of design quality using prescribed instruments, as now mandated by the UK\nNational Health Service (NHS), provides a research opportunity to acquire understanding of the\nsocial interaction of the project stakeholder groups when they are engaged in design evaluation\nactivities. This paper argues that there is a pressing need for such a study, as without it, such\nevaluations may be unnecessarily limited. This paper argues for a fresh and pluralistic approach\nto be applied to the evaluation of the design quality of NHS healthcare facilities which\ncomplements the methods currently used which are enshrined within prescribed instruments.\nThe new approach uses an interpretative research paradigm to understand the social\ninteractions of the project stakeholders whilst they use the prescribed instruments. The decision\nto adopt such a pluralistic approach is discussed. The users of this work may include those who\nseek to improve the design quality of NHS healthcare buildings.
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2266825320