+61430456446 john.holm@sociodesign.com.au

Health

John is a leading expert in the workplace requirements for health professionals having worked on a number of significant projects in Australia and overseas.

Gender Equality Studies

John has been working with Graeme Russell to deliver a range of gender equality projects including WiSPP & WGEA

Education & Research

John is a leading expert in the research and education environments, working across the region providing strategic design advice including The Learning Hub, Adelaide, UTS Masterplan

Education Space Planner& Stakeholder Engagement

Our PhilosophyAbout SocioDesign

SocioDesign is a specialist consultancy practice focused on providing stakeholder engagement and briefing services that draw on social science disciplines to gain a deep understanding of user requirements.

I work in close partnership with design practices, contributing social insights that help support and shape the working practices of the people who will eventually occupy those spaces. The purpose of the collaboration is to provide bespoke solutions that support organisational aspirations, particularly in terms of culture and working practice.

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Our ApproachAbout SocioDesign

My approach is to brief these spaces from ‘first principles’ perspective supports the existing activities but is cognisant of potential growth. My approach to the briefing process and stakeholder management process draws on Appreciative Inquiry which, instead of simply focusing on the building, we focus on the practices that the building needs to support.

This approach focuses stakeholders on what they need to achieve future successes and doesn’t simply deliver a solution for today but creates the conditions for future success.

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Queensland University of Technology, SuperLab (2013-14) 160 seat wet teaching lab

Queensland University of Technology, SuperLab (2013-14) 160 seat wet teaching lab

John was engaged by QUT to bring innovation to the redevelopment of the Health Sciences Teaching Laboratories on the Garden Point Campus. John engaged users in a extensive workshopping process that ran in parallel with Scheme Design to both innovate about the laboratory form, borrowing from the principles of the SuperLab, but also pedagogy and laboratory

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Gender Equality Studies

Gender Equality Studies

John has been working with Graeme Russell to deliver a range of gender equality projects including: WiSPP WGEA

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New Royal Adelaide Hospital Transition Advisor & Workspace Planning, 2009- ongoing

New Royal Adelaide Hospital Transition Advisor & Workspace Planning, 2009- ongoing

John has a long history with the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (nRAH) project having written the original workspace brief as part of another firm, he was re-engaged to assist with stakeholder and transition management. His role is specifically to assist nRAH staff to understand and transition to the new workspace at the hospital. In order

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