Care for Wellbeing
Hosted by SIDS Prestige Gold Sponsor, Admira
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16 September 2026, Wednesday |
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2pm – 6pm |
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Admira Showroom, The Library
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Designing environments that support physical, emotional, and cognitive health is becoming increasingly important in creating spaces that promote holistic wellbeing. This symposium explores how interior designers can integrate biophilic and sensory design, thoughtful lighting, acoustics, materiality, and spatial planning to support diverse physical and psychological needs. Experts from healthcare, wellness, and design fields will share real-world applications, design considerations, and approaches to creating clinics, hospices, therapy environments, and everyday spaces that feel restorative, inclusive, and supportive. The session will explore mental health, neurodiversity, and emerging wellness principles, inspiring new thinking about how interior environments can positively influence human health, comfort, and quality of life.
CPD Points awarded for this programme:
✅ 5 SIDAC CPD Points
Featured Speakers
Park Hye Young
Deputy Associate Dean
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts/University of the Arts Singapore
Park Hye Young draws on over 17 years of experience in landscape architecture and design education. Her current work focuses on design education and research with particular interests in biophilic design, cultural ecosystem services and regenerative urban environments. As Programme Leader of the BA (Hons) Biophilic Design at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, she leads interdisciplinary curriculum development integrating science, ecology and design. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham, where her research aims to develop evidence-based frameworks supporting resilient urban planning and strengthening the relationship between people and nature.
Dr. Fan Xiaojun
Postdoctoral Scholar
Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore
A building science and mechanical engineering researcher, Dr Fan specialises in human-centred indoor environmental quality. He holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, with past appointments as a lecturer and scientific assistant at ETH Zurich and a current role as a Postdoctoral Researcher at BEARS (UC Berkeley). He serves as the Refrigeration Chair for the ASHRAE Singapore Chapter, as well as Secretary of STC 34 and leads healthy sleep environment initiatives within ISIAQ. His research has earned several honours, including Prof. P. Ole Fanger’s Award and the Otto Mønsteds Fond scholarship.
Ar. Kelly Kawahara Cheah
Director
K2SD Pte Ltd
K2SD Group is a Singapore-based design practice founded by Ar. Kelly K. Cheah. Rooted in a passion for architecture and interior design, Kelly creates distinctive spaces guided by the philosophy of “Design as a Work of Art”—transforming spaces into expressions of identity, experience, and artistry across residential, hospitality, clubs and commercial projects.
Moderated by
ID1. Nikki Hunt
Founder & Principal, Design Intervention
Author, The Science of Sanctuary
Nikki Hunt , founder of Design Intervention . Her work has been published internationally and recognised among the industry’s best, including ten appearances on the Andrew Martin list of the World’s Top 100 Designers.
Today, she increasingly explores how the built environment affects human health and wellbeing, drawing on research across neuroscience, circadian biology and environmental health. She is the author of the forthcoming The Science of Sanctuary: Why Your Home Is the Missing Pillar of Health, serves on the NUS Medicine International Council, and is a Council Member of the Society of Interior Designers Singapore, leading its focus on Health & Wellbeing in Design.
SIDFest 2026 Programme
