by HCD Guest Author | Jan 14, 2015 | Trends
Traditionally, the functional program has been developed by a group that is separate and distinct from the group that will ultimately be responsible for the design and implementation of a project. This segmented approach creates gaps and inconsistencies in what the...
by Kristin D. Zeit | Jan 12, 2015 | Projects
Dr. Carolyn PoonWoo and the designers, Bruce Stratton and Stephanie Kamburis of Southside Design, wanted to create a calm, welcoming, and technologically-advanced dental office. An existing one-story building with a basement was purchased by the client and completely...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 12, 2015 | Trends
As a young student of architecture entering the workforce, you probably didn’t spend time thinking about what a functional program is or where it comes from. As a matter of fact, you may have thought it wasn’t any of your business, because it isn’t part of the basic...
by Anne DiNardo | Jan 12, 2015 | Projects
Many providers have started to transform staff workspaces, moving away from traditional models of assigned offices and segregated departments, and designers are considering a variety of approaches to accommodate the shift. The new University of Minnesota Ambulatory...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 8, 2015 | Projects
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the increased access it provides to health insurance for many previously uninsured people, it’s expected that patient volume in emergency departments (EDs) will continue to increase, driving the need for...
by Anne DiNardo | Jan 7, 2015 | Trends
If it weren’t for breaking out of his normal routine, Randy Geise might never have met Brendan Watson. Geise is a senior healthcare facility planner at the Cleveland Clinic, where 13-year-old Brendan has been a patient at its Children’s facility for nearly half his...
by Jennifer Silvis | Jan 6, 2015 | Trends
I think there are plenty of us out there who learn by doing. And it seems to me that design of all fields is one that requires getting your hands dirty. But learning sometimes requires having a few partners in crime, too. After all, none of us work in silos, and...
by HCD Guest Author | Jan 5, 2015 | Trends
At the 2014 Healthcare Design Conference in November, an American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) presentation by Dr. Richard Jackson of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health really resonated. Jackson, a co-author of “Making Healthy Places” and narrator of...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 30, 2014 | Trends
In this final installment of a three-part discussion on research, I’ll share how pre-occupancy research tools were used to establish design criteria for an inpatient floor build-out at a major Midwestern hospital. My colleague Kara Freihoefer and I conducted a...
by HCD Guest Author | Dec 30, 2014 | Trends
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more beleaguered Cabinet-level agency in 2014 than the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Revelations of mismanagement, some with fatal results, as well as reported overruns on VA hospital projects averaging in the hundreds of...
