Active Projects

Optimisation of spatial layout in healthcare facilities

This project aims to develop methodologies to optimise the space layout of healthcare facilities as an evidence based design considering the factors influencing the space planning in the context of hospital design and integrate automated layout planning and mathematical optimisation techniques in the decision making process.

Project Facts

Start date: December 2007
End date: November 2010
Investigators Dr. Monjur Mourshed and Prof Jonathan Wright
Staff Employed Yisong Zhao, Full-time PhD student
Status Active

Project Partners

  • NHS- Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT
  • Leicester City PCT
  • Qingdao Municipal Hospital
  • China Medical College
  • Qingdao University, China

Project Partners

HaCIRIC
Department of Civil and Building Engineering
Loughborough University
Ashby Road
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
T: +44 (0) 15 0922 2627
E: y.zhao(at)lboro(dot)ac(dot)uk