HCD 2024 Awards: Shortlist revealed

Launched in July, the Healthy City Design Awards recognise innovation and excellence in conceptualising, planning, designing and constructing the urban built environment, in respect of its vital relevance to two highly interdependent fields: human health and wellbeing, and the principles of planetary health and sustainable development. The suite of seven awards is structured to encourage submissions in categories that span the micro, meso and macro levels of city design and planning. These encompass design for homes and workplaces, neighbourhoods, placemaking, transport and mobility, social infrastructure, city-wide developments and, finally, the contribution of the research community to advancing knowledge in this field.

The shortlist is as follows:

Healthy homes and neighbourhoods

• Cannock Mill Cohousing, Colchester, UK
Commissioned by Cannock Mill Cohousing Ltd
Designed by Anne Thorne Architects LLP

• Climate Innovation District, Leeds, UK
Commissioned, designed and developed by Citu

• Gascoigne East Phase 2, London, UK
Commissioned by Be First Regeneration
Designed by White Arkitekter
Developed by Wilmott Dixon Construction

Judges: Sunand Prasad, UKGBC; Perkins&Will, UK
Rebecca Morley, Healthy homes and communities consultant, USA/UK
Chris Brown, London Doughnut Economy Coalition CIC, UK

Healthy transport and mobility

• Liverpool Baltic Station, Liverpool, UK
Commissioned by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority & Network Rail
Designed and planned by Mott MacDonald & Owen Ellis Architects

• Liverpool Green Lanes, Liverpool, UK
Designed and planned by Ryder Architecture in collaboration with Okana

Judges: Mario Bozzo, Independent planning and transport consultant, Canada
Jamie Anderson, Urban 360, UK

Healthy workplaces

• Northumbria Health and Care Academy, Northumberland, UK
Commissioned by Assura plc with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Designed by P+HS Architects
Constructed by Meldrum Group

• Hawkins\Brown Studio, London, UK
Commissioned and designed by Hawkins\Brown

• Intermain HQ, Alexandria, Australia
Commissioned by Intermain
Designed by BVN with Intermain

Judges: Prof Jeremy Myerson, HCD2024; WORKTECH Academy; Royal College of Art, UK
Blake Jackson, Director – sustainability, NORR, USA

Healthy social infrastructure

• Thuthuzela Care Centre Courtyard Prototype Design, Cape Town, South Africa
Commissioned by NACOSA
Designed by James Finnie consulting architect
Developed by BTS Projects

• Community Resource Center (CRC) – A Community-based Convergence Platform to Address Urban Inequity, Ahmedabad, India
Commissioned, developed and designed by Saath Charitable Trust

Judges: Beatrice Fraenkel, Design regeneration and health consultant, UK
Chris Shaw, Independent consultant, UK
Jaime Bishop, Fleet Architects; Architects for Health, UK

Healthy city planning and design

• The Fairer, Healthier Liverpool Approach to Planning and Public Health, Liverpool, UK
Commissioned by Liverpool City Council
Designed by Liverpool City Council

• Begbroke Innovation District, Oxford, UK
Commissioned by OUD (Oxford University Development)
Designed by Hawkins\Brown

• Frome Gateway, Bristol, UK
Commissioned by Bristol City Council
Strategic planning by Mott MacDonald
Designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Judges: Max Farrell, LDN Collective, UK
Shaun Andrews, Prior + Partners, UK
Giselle Sebag, International Society for Urban Health, USA

Healthy placemaking for community impact

• Reimagining Great Ormond Street and Queen Square, London, UK
Commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Lead Designer: LDA Design

• Your Place Carlisle, Carlisle, UK
Commissioned and developed by Cumberland Council

Judges: Mark Drane, Urban Habitats, UK
Sunand Prasad, UKGBC; Perkins&Will, UK

Design research for healthy cities

• Streets for Diversity: Exploring how neurodivergent people experience streets, UK
Authored by Katie Gaudion PhD, Mphil and Dan Phillips MSt, BEng
Funded by Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

• Empowering healthy places: Unveiling the powers and practices of local councils in fostering healthy neighbourhoods, UK
Authored by Shaun Andrews BSc Hons (DipUP) MRTPI, Emma Cooke BA(Hons) PGDip CIPR,
David Fothergill MBA, Emily Hackett MSc, Becky Mumford BASc MSc MRTPI and Jordan Whitewood-Neal MArch MRes
Funded by Local Government Association

• Brent Cross Town (BXT) Flourishing Index
Lead author: Jamie Anderson (University of Manchester & Buro Happold); Brent Cross Town leads: Carolina Correia (Related Argent) and Lorna Gott (London Borough of Barnet); Graphics lead: Alessandro Boarretto (Buro Happold), UK
Funded by Brent Cross Town, a partnership between Related Argent and Barnet Council; and ESRC & EPSRC.
Dedicated to late Professor Felicia Huppert

• Engagement Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work, UK
Authored by Jo Morrison PhD, Sarah Jones-Morris MA, Rachel Goater MA and Paul Ruffles MA
Funded by Association of Collaborative Design, Sustrans and the Royal Institute of British Architects

Judges: Dr Rachel Cooper, Lancaster University, UK
Helen Pineo, University of Washington, USA

Further information

The awards aim to encourage and support projects, schemes and research that offer novel and well-considered means to positively impact on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of urban populations, through improvements to environmental factors, opportunities for exercise, reduced pollution levels, greater community solidarity, societal resilience, diversity, equity and inclusion, and a better work-life balance for citizens of all ages.

The awards are also underpinned by the guiding principles of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in respect of progress towards good health and wellbeing, sustainable urban development, climate action, responsible consumption and strong partnership working.

The awards will be presented to an in-person audience during the final session of the Congress and streamed online for delegates to view remotely around the world. The annual design champion award will also be revealed at the Congress.