Redesigning apartment policy standards for health and wellbeing

该项目旨在研究公寓设计标准对居民健康和福祉的影响。它寻求(1)确定一套完善的循证量化政策标准，以保护居民的健康和福祉；(2)评估行业对它们的接受程度和实施障碍。许多设计标准是基于直觉和经验，而不是经验证据，对于规定的标准和阈值是否足以支持健康，人们知之甚少。预期的结果包括针对设计政策和公寓区域规划的量身定制的政策具体建议。福利包括提供欢乐、公平、健康和可持续的公寓住房。

This project aims to examine the impact of apartment design standards on residents’ health and wellbeing. It seeks to (1) identify a refined set of evidence-informed quantifiable policy standards that protect residents’ health and wellbeing; and (2) evaluate their uptake by industry and barriers to implementation. Many design standards are based on intuition and experience rather than empirical evidence, and little is known about whether the standards and thresholds stipulated are sufficient to support health. Expected outcomes include tailored policy-specific recommendations for design policy and the planning of apartment precincts. Benefits include the delivery of convivial, equitable, healthy and sustainable apartment housing.