by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Project Summary Client: Gaston Memorial Hospital Architecture: KMD (Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, Inc.) General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Civil Engineering/Landscape Architecture: ColeJenest & Stone Structural Engineering: ABKJ MEP Engineering: PWI Consulting...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
The healthcare environment, physically and operationally, is in a constant state of transformation—learning from the “recent past” and building on the “just passed.” One significant development in the 1990s was the advent of the universal patient room, a concept that...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
The biggest trends in healthcare are the biggest trends in healthcare interior design: patient safety, wireless technology, and hospitality. They all rely on interior design solutions early in the process to be successful. If you’re a hospital stakeholder...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Lesson 2: Make the Experience Personal “The Experience Architecture Forum at Harvard,” the notice read to my as yet disbelieving eyes. And then this: “Experience Architecture applies what we have learned from 150 years of world’s fairs, guest venues, and the...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
“Run until apprehended” is the mantra of a new hospital project I am involved with. The CEO is not reckless—just the contrary, actually. He is a thoughtful, provocative, and inspiring leader. The goal behind this slogan is to not have the team fall prey to the...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
3Smoke evacuation sounder System Sensor’s new ExitPoint sounder uses Directional Sound to identify escape routes leading to perimeter exits in the presence of smoke. ExitPoint, fitted in conjunction with normal building evacuation sounders, offers a way to draw...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | Trends
I recently stumbled across a book in my library, Form Follows Fiasco, by AIA-award–winning architectural critic Peter Blake. Writing during the mid-1970s, Blake discusses “The Fantasy of Purity”—how some of the sleek creations of the International Style, such as Le...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire. —William Butler Yeats Since 1966, we have developed, fostered, and nurtured a dynamic, close, and successful relationship between education and practice at Texas A&M University’s College...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
“What? How can you even suggest that we need additional beds! We are only operating at 65% occupancy. The Board will think I'm crazy to even think about increasing our bed capacity, given such a low overall occupancy rate,” says the anonymous...
by HCD Guest Author | Apr 30, 2005 | News
Project Summary Project Name: Claire Tow Pediatric Day Hospital Architecture: Granary Associates Project Team: John J. Cummiskey, Principal-in-Charge; Mahmoud Mehrabian, AIA, Project Executive; Pierre Trombert, Design Director; James D. May III, Project Architect;...
