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SUMMARY:‘Meetings with Machines’ - Architecture\, Health and the Tyran
 ny of 'Standards'  - Rory Coonan Hon. FRIBA\, Former Director of Architect
 ure\, Design and Planning for Circle Healthcare
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CONTACT:Villian Lo
DESCRIPTION:Public buildings are generally built down to a cost\, not desi
 gned up to a quality. The speaker is a client - and a very unusual one. Ro
 ry Coonan's lecture explores a radical alternative to reckless economy and
  short-termism. It starts with brief-setting and relates the design manage
 ment and construction of a £50 million hospital by leading British archit
 ects. The 'type' of healthcare buildings is explored\, with historical exa
 mples. The design implications of 'public' and 'private' investment in the
  context of the £120 billion annual cost of the national health service a
 re also examined. The lecturer throws down a challenge: who can design for
  him the 21st century hospital\, the one with no beds whatsoever?
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
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