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Mr. Thomas Grey

Research Fellow (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING (NEW)


Tom holds a degree in architecture from the Dublin Institute of Technology and a Masters in architecture (Sustainability of the Built Environment) from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Following 10 years in practice working on projects in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the US and NZ. Tom joined TrinityHaus Research Centre in TCD in 2009. Since then he has undertaken a variety of urbanism and architectural research projects across all spatial scales examining how people-friendly design can support inclusion, health, wellbeing and social participation throughout the lifecourse. Much of this work focuses on accessible and age-attuned urban space, communities and neighbourhoods, hospitals, residential long term care settings, housing, and gardens and greenspace. This work is underpinned by Universal Design to include all people regardless of age, ability, disability, or neurodiversity. Tom brings together this people-centred design approach with his expertise in sustainable and low-carbon design to help create integrated built environments that support resilient, climate-responsive, healthful, and inclusive communities. Tom serves as expert and advisor with a number of national organisations and committees such as the National Standards Authority of Ireland (e.g. Chair of NSAI/TC 023/SC 01 Accessibility in Built Environment) and the BRE Sub-group on housing for our ageing population. He also the convenor support as part of the creation of new international standard ISO 25553 " Smart Multigenerational Neighbourhoods - Guidance and Requirements All of these projects, research work, and outreach are based on collaboration, co-creation, and transdisciplinary methods and processes.
  Architecture   Architecture, Design   Regional/Urban Design   Sustainable Urbanism   Urban Environmentalism   Urban Planning/Policy
 Planning and design for quality of life and resilience in residential long-term care settings for older people in Ireland: Research and Universal Design Guidelines for new-build, adaption and retrofit
 ACCESiBUILT - ACcessible, Comfortable, Environmentally Sustainable inclusive, Built environment

Grey, T.; Xidous, D.; O'Neill, D.; Collier, M.J., Growing Older Urbanism: exploring the nexus between ageing, the built environment, and urban ecosystems, Urban Transformations, 5, 2023, p8 , Notes: [Background Some of the main urban issues we currently face include ageing populations, the impact of the built environment, and the treatment of urban ecosystems. Yet the dynamic relationships and synergies between these issues, and how they are influenced by urban growth and evolution, receive little attention. Research focus We explore the nexus between people, the urban built environment, and ecosystems as they grow, age, change, and evolve and propose an integrated approach to examine the relationships, synergies, and challenges that may emerge over time within urban neighbourhoods. We argue that this should draw on the lived-experience and wisdom of older people as part of an intergenerational approach underpinned by local, traditional, and ecological knowledge. We propose Growing Older Urbanism as an ecological, co-evolutionary, and complex-adaptive-systems-based framework to explore the nexus between ageing, the built environment, and urban ecosystems and to reveal the synergies and antagonisms that might exist between these three elements. This framework is designed to be used for various types of urban neighbourhoods, and by a diverse range of stakeholders. As part of this approach, we provide a preliminary visual canvas to illustrate how the framework might be used within a selected neighbourhood over an agreed timespan. Conclusion This paper presents some early thinking around the Growing Older Urbanism concept, while also outlining questions and a proposed transdisciplinary research programme to further develop the framework. We argue that understanding the relationship between ageing and the co-evolution of people, place, and ecosystems may teach us about our past, present, and future, and help us grow towards inclusive and sustainable communities.], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
O'Donoghue J, Xidous D, Grey T, O'Neill D, Residential Long-Term Care and the Built Environment: Balancing Quality of Life and Infection Control, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Zallio M., Grey T., Boland P., Kelly H., White P.J., O'Ferrall E., Online-based participatory design. A Case Study of Developing International Standards during a Pandemic, Strategic Design Research Journal, 15, (1), 2022, p39 - 51, p39-51 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
O'Neill D, Xidous D, O'Donoghue J, Puntambekar M, Grey T, Residential long-term care, Covid-19 and architecture and design of the built environment, European Geriatric Medicine, 18th Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society, London, 28-30 September 2022, 13, (Suppl 1), 2022, ppS355 , Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED  DOI
O'Neill D, Grey T, Xidous D, O'Donoghue J, Puntambekar M, Rethinking nursing home architecture and design in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Innovation in Aging, Gerontological Society of America 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Indianapolis, USA, 2-6 November 2022, 6, (Suppl 1), 2022, pp790 - 791, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED  DOI
Grey T, Xidous D, O'Donoghue J, Kennelly S, O'Neill D, Universal Design for Improving Quality of Life and Enhancing COVID-19 Infection Control in Existing Residential Care Settings for Older People: Research Report, Dublin, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, 2022, p1 - 110, Report, PUBLISHED  URL
Grey T, Xidous D, O'Donoghue J, Kennelly S, O'Neill D, Improving Quality of Life and Enhancing COVID-19 Infection Control in Existing Residential Care Settings for Older People: Universal Design Guidelines, Dublin, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, 2022, p1 - 44, Report, PUBLISHED  URL
Xidous D, Grey T, Kennelly SP, O'Neill D, Dementia Friendly Hospital Design: Key Issues for Patients and Accompanying Persons in an Irish Acute Care Public Hospital , Health Environments Research & Design, 13, (1), 2020, p48 - 67, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Corbett, Máire. Grey, Tom. Heeney, Teresa. O'Sullivan, Lisha. Ring, Emer. , Universal Design Guidelines for Early Learning and Care Settings Design for all, AN LEANBH ÓG - Journal of Early Childhood Studies, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Anderson DC, Grey T, Kennelly S, O'Neill D, Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Balancing Infection Control, Quality of Life, and Resilience, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, (11), 2020, p1519 - 1524, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
  

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Award Date
Silver Medal Bloom 2017 - Dementia Friendly Garden 2017
Arts Council of Ireland Professional Development & Training Award 2003
ELEVATOR INNOVATION IN DEMENTIA AWARD 2014 - Runner up award for Dementia Friendly Housing through a Universal Design Approach 2014
Silver Gilt Medal Bloom 2019 - E3 Garden 2019