Lecturer in Dementia, Ageing & Design
Dementia and Ageing Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Dr Martin Quirke is an architect, educator, and researcher with specialism in environmental design for ageing and cognitive health.
Dr Quirke is Co-Investigator on the multi-faceted Designing Housing for Healthy Cognitive Ageing (DesHCA) research project; a UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge project which aims to identify scalable innovations in housing design to support longer and healthier lives for older people experiencing cognitive change.
Martin serves as Senior Architect and design consultant, at University of Stirling's internationally renowned Dementia Services Development Centre. A multi-disciplinary centre for research impact and knowledge exchange which seeks to improve the lives of people living with dementia.
Martin is environment strand lead for 'Our Connected Neighbourhoods', a pilot dementia friendly neighbourhoods project that used innovative methods of empowering people living with dementia to influence the design of their neighbourhood environments.
Martin was a co-founder of IRIDIS , a digital technology company that promote evidence based design as a way of improving the independence and wellbeing of people with dementia and other age related impairments.
Through Martin's doctoral research, carried out through the University of Newcastle, Australia, he is an international expert in environmental evaluation of dementia design quality - with a particular focus on residential care environments.
Building Design for People with Dementia: An Analysis of Planning Quality in Residential Aged Care Units
The University of Newcastle Australia
https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/…Type=vitalDismax
A PhD research project to determine the characteristics of building layouts that impact the wellbeing of people with cognitive impairments. like dementia. Research carried out through the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Primary supervision by Prof. Michael Ostwald. Co-supervision by Prof. Richard Fleming, Prof. Mark Taylor, and Prof. Tony Williams.
Accessible Environments Design for Dementia and Ageing Participatory research Co-Design Methods Environmental and Spatial Analysis Architectural and Urban Design
Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing: co-production for impact and scale (DesHCA)
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Cherish Investigator Led Proposal - demonstrating impact in housing, health and social care
PI: Professor Judith Phillips
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Article
Maharaj T, Fitzgerald N, Gilligan E, Quirke M, MacHale S & Ryan JD (2024) Alcohol-related emergency department presentations and hospital admissions around the time of minimum unit pricing in Ireland. Public Health, 227, pp. 38-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.11.016
Article
Environmental Design for People Living with Dementia
Quirke M, Bennett K, Chau H, Preece T & Jamei E (2023) Environmental Design for People Living with Dementia. Encyclopedia, 3 (3), pp. 1038-1057. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-8392/3/3/76; https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia3030076
Article
Bowes A, Davison L, Dawson A, Pemble C, Quirke M & Swift S (2023) Housing Design Evaluation Research for People Living with Cognitive Change: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Aging and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2223589
Article
Comparative Analysis of 20-Minute Neighbourhood Policies and Practices in Melbourne and Scotland
Chau H, Gilzean I, Jamei E, Palmer L, Preece T & Quirke M (2022) Comparative Analysis of 20-Minute Neighbourhood Policies and Practices in Melbourne and Scotland. Urban Planning, 7 (4), pp. 13-24. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i4.5668
Article
Gibson G, Quirke M & Lovatt M (2022) The role of environmental design in enabling intergenerational support for people with dementia - what lessons can we learn from Japan. Working with Older People. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-12-2021-0064
Article
A design assessment tool for layout planning in residential care for dementia
Quirke M, Ostwald M, Fleming R, Taylor M & Williams A (2021) A design assessment tool for layout planning in residential care for dementia. Architectural Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2021.1984869
Article
Design stage evaluation tools for residential dementia care environments
Quirke M, Ostwald MJ, Fleming R, Taylor M & Williams A (2021) Design stage evaluation tools for residential dementia care environments. Facilities, 39 (13/14), pp. 828-842. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-09-2020-0106
Project Report
Making Stirling a Dementia Friendly City: A Citizen-Led Place and Spaces Project
Quirke M, Harrison K & Patterson D (2021) Making Stirling a Dementia Friendly City: A Citizen-Led Place and Spaces Project [Our Connected Neighbourhoods: Stirling Environment Audits Report]. Stirling Council. Stirling, UK. https://ourconnectedneighbourhoods.org.uk/resources/category/environment-reports/
Book Chapter
Dawson A, Blair Berta W, Morton-Chang F, Palmer L & Quirke M (2020) Long term care and the coronavirus pandemic: a new role for environmental design in a changing context. In: Fleming R, Zeisel J & Bennett K (eds.) World Alzheimer Report 2020. Design, Dignity, Dementia: Dementia-related design and the built environment. Volume I. World Alzheimer Report. London: Alzheimer's Disease International, pp. 238-245. https://www.alz.co.uk/u/WorldAlzheimerReport2020Vol1.pdf
Dissertation
Quirke M (2019) Building design for people with dementia: a comparative analysis of planning quality in residential aged care units. Doctor of Architecture. University of Newcastle, Australia. https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:35038
Dr Quirke has several years experience teaching architectural design, building construction, and design communication. He currently leads modules in the 'Intersections of Dementia and Design' course from the University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development. He currently supervises two doctoral (PhD) students.
