如何用设计为日新月异的城市营造安全和包容的环境？

主播：Alix Smith，Hassell董事

嘉宾：Nicole Kalms博士，XYX实验室副教授
Chris Lamborn，Hassell董事

对女性和多元性别的人群来说，轨交区域并非安全之地，尤其是入夜之后。

必须保持警惕，时刻提防，不停地观察所处环境的视线、照明、朝向、监控和自己的站位，确保人身安全。

XYX实验室的副教授Nicole Kalms博士说：“我们所生活的世界并不平等，性别偏见和不平等影响着建成环境 ……隐隐约约却显而易见地传达着一种信息 – 公共空间对我们并不友好，尤其是女性。”

从设计师的角度来说，我们能做的不仅仅是满足轨交站点的管理标准和技术要求，我们还能够改变轨交站点的使用体验，营造更为平等和繁荣的社会环境。

Hassell与莫纳什大学的XYX实验室团队合作研究和收集数据，力求更明确地了解哪些设计元素会影响女性对安全的感知和感受。最终，我们发现材料、更好的照明和导视设计、视线、甚至通向洗手间的动线可以极大地改善人们的安全体验。

“女性和性别多元群体参与公共生活、工作和获得健康及幸福感的能力受限，这是我们的研究基于的一个重要事实。”

在本期的《Hassell说》播客节目中，董事Alix Smith和Chris Lamborn与Nicole Kalms博士共同探讨了研究结果并分析了Hassell如何在项目设计过程中嵌入这些结果。

How to design for safety and inclusion in a fast changing city

HOST: Alix Smith, Hassell

GUESTS: Dr Nicole Kalms, Associate Professor XYX Lab

Chris Lamborn, Principal, Hassell

Rail precincts don’t always feel like the safest places to be for women, girls and the gender diverse, particularly after dark. 

Alert and constantly on guard, it’s a relentless navigation of sightlines, lighting, exposure, surveillance and positioning for safety. 

“We live in a world that is not equal and that gender bias and inequality affects the built environment… leading to messages that are both subtle, but also not very subtle, that we don’t belong in public space, particularly if you’re a woman,” says Associate Professor of XYX Lab, Dr Nicole Kalms.

As designers, we believe we can do more than simply meet the governing standards and technical requirements demanded of rail stations — we can change the way people feel while using them, creating a more equitable and prosperous society. 

Hassell partnered with the team at Monash University’s XYX Lab to gather data and a better understanding of the design elements that shape women’s perceptions of safety. What we discovered was that through materiality, better lighting design, wayfinding, sightlines and even access to toilets - we can make a big difference into how safe many parts of our population feel.

“The importance of this research lies in the fact that women and gender diverse people are limited in their capacity to participate in public life and in their working lives, and to access health and well-being.”

To explore the findings and see how Hassell is embedding them into our design process on our projects, we brought Principals Alix Smith and Chris Lamborn together with Dr Nicole Kalms for an episode of Hassell Talks.

“The research challenges some of the common thoughts and perceptions that are out there about what safety actually means and helps to improve that outcome through design.”
Chris Lamborn, Principal Hassell