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# Welcome to our Knowledge Community

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## [Rapid Adaptation: Redesigning a VA Community Living Center to Contend with COVID-19](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/rapid-adaptation-redesigning-a-va-senior-living-center-to-contend-with-covid-19)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Sep 08, 2021

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*Co-authored by [Morgan Young.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-young-06692287/)*

In 2019, the Lebanon, PA Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center tapped [Miller Remick](http://www.miller-remick.com) and Array Architects to design and construct a Community Living Center (CLC) that..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/rapid-adaptation-redesigning-a-va-senior-living-center-to-contend-with-covid-19)

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 Topics: [designing for COVID-19](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/designing-for-covid-19)

## [Designing Behavioral Health Environments to Avoid Seclusion](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/key-considerations-for-designing-behavioral-health-environments-to-avoid-seclusion)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Jul 30, 2021

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An emerging best practice for behavioral health environments is to design spaces that minimize or eliminate areas where patients are secluded or restrained. The aim is to develop an environment..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/key-considerations-for-designing-behavioral-health-environments-to-avoid-seclusion)

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 Topics: [Behavioral Health Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/behavioral-health-design)

## [Setting the Stage for Clinician-Centered Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/setting-the-stage-for-clinician-centered-design)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Dec 01, 2020

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While patient experience, satisfaction and recovery rates are wise metrics to evaluate a health system, there are routine occupants that simply need a more supportive built environment: the...

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## [Making a Difference: Renovating a Pediatric Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/making-a-difference-renovating-a-pediatric-inpatient-behavioral-health-unit)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Sep 22, 2020

[![](https://blog.array-architects.com/hubfs/Array_Architects-CNMC-BehavHealth10.jpg)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/making-a-difference-renovating-a-pediatric-inpatient-behavioral-health-unit)

Behavioral healthcare remains an underfunded service line, and Array strives to promote the important work of our clients who are focusing on this stigmatized specialty. In recent years, we’ve worked...

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 Topics: [Behavioral Health Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/behavioral-health-design), [pediatric design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/pediatric-design)

## [Design Feature: Central Sterile Processing Department at Mt. Sinai West](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/design-feature-central-sterile-processing-department-at-mt.-sinai-west-hospital)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Jun 18, 2020

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*This blog was co-authored by [Rosana Bassi](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/rosana-bassi).*

When health systems expand, support services often need to grow to support increased volumes. A common example of this is the expansion of Central Sterile..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/design-feature-central-sterile-processing-department-at-mt.-sinai-west-hospital)

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 Topics: [Central Sterile Processing](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/central-sterile-processing), [design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/design)

## [How Post Occupancy Evaluations Advance Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/how-post-occupancy-evaluations-advance-healthcare-design)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Jun 10, 2020

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As architects specializing in healthcare, we long to create built environments that make a mark both aesthetically and operationally. We want to design a space that is scientifically measured to...

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 Topics: [Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/healthcare-design), [post occupancy evaluations](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/post-occupancy-evaluations)

## [Temporary Field Hospitals Enable Low Acuity COVID-19 Care in NYC](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/temporary-field-hospitals-enable-low-acuity-covid-19-care-in-nyc)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on May 14, 2020

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*This blog was co-authored by [Keith Urio](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/keith-urio) and David Lam.*

As the COVID-19 hospital admittance continues in New York City, New York Presbyterian (NYP) reached out to Array to assist them with designing..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/temporary-field-hospitals-enable-low-acuity-covid-19-care-in-nyc)

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 Topics: [Coronavirus](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/coronavirus), [Temporary field hospitals](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/temporary-field-hospitals)

## [Using Shelled Space to Increase Bed Capacity for COVID-19 Patients](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/using-shelled-space-to-increase-bed-capacity-for-covid-19-patients)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Apr 17, 2020

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Across the nation, healthcare design is getting more attention than ever before. The general public is now acutely aware of the importance of infection controls, while stories of alternate care sites..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/using-shelled-space-to-increase-bed-capacity-for-covid-19-patients)

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 Topics: [bed capacity](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/bed-capacity), [COVID-19 Bed Capacity](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/covid-19-bed-capacity)

## [Array Architects Teams with iCrowd to Design Medical Tents for COVID-19 Patients in New York City](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/medical-tent-structures-spring-up-across-new-york-city-to-treat-covid-19-patients)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Apr 02, 2020

[![](https://blog.array-architects.com/hubfs/NYC%20Emergency%20Tents%20(Array%202020.03.25)_large-1.jpg)](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/medical-tent-structures-spring-up-across-new-york-city-to-treat-covid-19-patients) 

This blog was co-authored by [Dan Russell](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/dan-russell).

As the current epicenter of the US COVID-19 outbreak, New York City hospitals are struggling to provide beds for their patients. To combat the dwindling bed..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/medical-tent-structures-spring-up-across-new-york-city-to-treat-covid-19-patients)

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 Topics: [Coronavirus](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/coronavirus), [medical tent design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/medical-tent-design)

## [AIA Webinar: Building a Framework for Behavioral Health Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/behavioral-health-design-insights-shared-with-aia-aah)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Mar 10, 2020

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Recently, Pat Malick and I were invited to present a webinar sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and their Academy of Architecture for Health. We focused the presentation around our..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/behavioral-health-design-insights-shared-with-aia-aah)

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 Topics: [Pediatrics](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/pediatrics), [Behavioral Health Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/behavioral-health-design), [webinar](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/webinar)

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