Recent work at Array prompted our design team to compile crucial guidance for designing facilities in hurricane zones. For example, a health facility located on a tropical island requires.....READ MORE
Kent Doss
Recent Posts
In my previous post, I described the importance of Experience Mapping and my realization that if we would have filled the behavior and resource gaps, we could have achieved an even more robust...
...READ MORETopics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), patient experience, Behavioral Health Design
Originally published as part of Healthcare Design Magazine's Take 5 series in August 2017, this blog shares my thoughts on what I consider top healthcare trends: making the most of data gathering,.....READ MORE
Topics: Design Trends, Healthcare
Featured in Medical Design & Construction, January/February 2017.
While no one would argue against the clinical benefits that the private patient room model yields, it’s worth pausing to analyze the.....READ MORE
Topics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), daylighting, natural light
One of the most challenging tasks that architects face is how to convey design intent in a way that transcends aesthetics (which can be deeply personal and sometimes divisive) by describing the..
Topics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), patient experience, Behavioral Health Design
Imagine what it would have been like to be hospitalized 200 years ago…you were probably in a dimly lit, poorly ventilated ward with dozens of other patients…you would have been exposed to all manner...
...READ MORETopics: ecotherapy, Healing Environment
Featured in Healthcare Global, October 2, 2013.
We know trace amounts of runoff from hospitals and long-term care facilities reaches potable water. Drinking water in 24 major metropolitan areas has.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Sustainability, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, waste water, Advisory Services
As a dedicated healthcare architect I’ve learned to approach design challenges with the goal of harmonizing requirements that are often diametrically opposed.While the personal environmental...
...READ MORETopics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
Healing the Body by Healing the Earth as Part of a Comprehensive Cancer Program
Featured by Medical Construction + Design in February 2014.
The term “biophilia,” which literally translates as “love.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Evidence Based Design (EBD), Healthcare Design, ecotherapists, Cancer Care, ecotherapy, biophilia, hospitals, nature prescriptions, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Healing Environment, healing garden
In my first two posts, I addressed the larger, more philosophical issues that need to be addressed when planning a Simulation Center, as well as taking a more in-depth look at specific elements of a.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Healthcare Design, modeling, simulation, simulation centers, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
