Christopher Shaw is a specialist consultant in mental health design, and has over 28 years’ experience in healthcare architecture. He enjoyed long involvement with the Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU) at the now London South Bank University prior to founding Medical Architecture in 1991, where he has since driven the global growth of the company. A passionate advocate for evidence based design, significant elements of his day-today work involve the research and evaluation of healthcare buildings in the UK and worldwide. A particular area of Christopher’s expertise lies in strategic health planning to enable design for the enhancement of clinical outputs and the human experience of medical care.
