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AI Meets Analog: Harmonizing Mock-ups With Generative AI
Utilizing AI during design workshops can democratize the design process and help build consensus among project teams.
3 Healthcare Design Topics That Deserve More Research
Studies on clinic design, patient room showers, and access to daylight could help design professionals deliver improved, space-saving care environments that reduce project costs and improve outcomes.
The Impact Of Environment Of Care Standards On Capital Healthcare Programs
Understanding and maintaining environment of care standards in capital program planning can help ensure patient and staff safety and well-being.
Ochsner Health Offers Lessons In Converting Big-box Retail To Healthcare
Ochsner Health creates a new 202,000-square-foot outpatient home in Metairie, La., for primary and specialty clinics, ambulatory surgery, and a 10-bed inpatient unit.
Juve Family Behavioral Health Pavilion Integrates Mental Health Services In Akron, Ohio
Summa Health brings mental health services onto its main campus through a new behavioral health hospital in Akron, Ohio.
Pediatric Design Strategies To Support Young Patients’ Physical, Mental Health
Spaces that include visual stimulation and passive play opportunities can help calm, engage, and delight young patients, writes Holly Ewing of Perkins&Will.
New Cancer Treatments Call For Updated Design Strategies In Care Environments
Step-down facilities would bridge the gap between hospital and home services and meet changing therapy and payment models.
Acibadem Ataşehir’s Children’s Pavilion In Istanbul Utilizes Positive Distractions To Engage Patients
Acibadem Ataşehir’s Children’s Pavilion in Istanbul delivers a playful, themed design to provide positive distraction for pediatric patients.
Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital And Children’s Pavilion Blends High-tech, Human-centered Design
The Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital and Children’s Pavilion in Istanbul walk the lines between high-tech and high touch, local and global design approaches, and chic hospitality and homey comforts.
The Art of Healing: How Interior Designers Can Impact Healthcare Environments Through Visuals
There’s a reason healthcare designers are (and will always be) in demand: Studies show that their expertise can improve the lives of those who could use all the good vibes they can get. That’s why designers and architects are consistently drawn to the Master of...
How Technology Is Helping Transform Acute Care Spaces
Human-centered considerations for design and technology approaches can help deliver healing environments that prioritize patient and staff well-being.
