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Kent Doss

I’m a firm Principal with over 20 years of professional experience and am responsible for all phases of project delivery, from preliminary project planning through design and construction. I completed Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) program for virtual design and construction and completed projects using fast-track scenarios, Design-Build method, Design-Assist and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) using BIM and 3D Modeling.
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Recent Posts

Exterior Design Feature: Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters Mental Health Tower

Posted by Kent Doss on Oct 06, 2022

Co-authored by Marc Mendoza, a Lead Designer at Array

When you exit the US-58 Midtown tunnel by car in Norfolk, VA, there it is: the gleaming, angular, striking exterior of Children’s Hospital of the.....READ MORE

Topics: Exterior Design

3 Design Considerations for Hospitals Built in Hurricane Zones

Posted by Kent Doss on Aug 24, 2021

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

Topics: Sustainability

Connecting Experience, Behavior and Strategy: Part 2

Posted by Kent Doss on Jun 04, 2019

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...

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Topics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), patient experience, Behavioral Health Design

Top 5 Healthcare Trends

Posted by Kent Doss on Feb 21, 2018

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

Bright Ideas Incorporate Evidence-Based Design

Posted by Kent Doss on Jun 01, 2017

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

Connecting Experience, Behavior and Strategy: Part 1

Posted by Kent Doss on Aug 24, 2016

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..

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Topics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), patient experience, Behavioral Health Design

EcoTherapy and its Positive Effects on Healing Environments

Posted by Kent Doss on Jun 18, 2015

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...

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Topics: ecotherapy, Healing Environment

Hospitals Are Taking a Leadership Role in Wastewater

Posted by Kent Doss on Apr 14, 2014

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

Building Performance Evaluation as a Function of Distance and Time

Posted by Kent Doss on Dec 02, 2013

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...

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Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Beyond the Healing Garden

Posted by Kent Doss on Apr 05, 2013

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

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