Assoc. Professor, Ph.D., M.Arch., Cand.Arch., Architect MAA. Michael Mullins


Employment

2013 –  Head of Copenhagen Section; Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology, University of Aalborg, Copenhagen

Recent Research Projects

2015-2017: Better Light, Better Control: The project studies improved means of lighting control for circadian rhythms for the elderly.

2014-16: Art and Hospitals: The result of the study will be a report that examines current art strategies in hospitals, with emphasis on patient satisfaction.

2008-13: Healing Architecture: optimising architectural and spatial conditions in hospital environments.

2010- 2013: ’Effect lighting’: Innovationsnetværk for Dansk Lys, financed by Council for Technology and Innovation.

Selected Publications

Mullins, M., Folmer, M.B., Fich, L.B. 2015, Evidence Based Knowledge : Towards architecture that supports the healing process in health-care buildings.  Arkitektur og Psykologi: Casestudier i sygehuse, arbejdspladser og byrum. red.  Kirsten Roessler. Vol. 2015 2. udg. Odense : Syddansk Universitet, Institut for Idræt og Biomekanik, s. 13-26; Jørgensen, ME, Folmer, MB, Mullins, M & Frandsen, AK. 2014, ‘Space for Interaction.: Qualifying group treatment for patient with chronic pain through optimization of space. A randomized pilot study.’, WIP 2014 , Maastricht, Holland; Hansen, EK & Mullins, M 2014, ‘Lighting Design: Towards a synthesis of science, media technology and architecture’. in E Mine Thompson (red.), Fusion: Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference. 1st udg, vol. 2, eCAADe, Northumbria University, Newcastle, s. 613-620; Hansen, EK, Olesen, GGH & Mullins, M.: 2013, Home, Smart Home: A Danish Energy-Positive Home Designed with Daylight, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Proceedings, vol 101, nr. 11, s. 2436-2449; Frandsen, AK, Ryhl, C, Folmer, MB, Brorson Fich, L, Øien, TB, Sørensen, NL & Mullins, M 2011, Helende Arkitektur. 1. udg, Aalborg Universitetsforlag.Mullins, M 2013, ‘Hospitals: for treatment or for healing?’ in C Nickl-Weller, T Eichenauer & S Matthys (eds), Health Care der Zukunft : Healing Architecture. Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin, s. 155-157.

e-mail: mullins@create.aau.dk