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Annual Array "Green Belt Lean Certification for Facility Design” Recap

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jan 25, 2013

Array hosted its second Annual Lean Event in late 2012. This year the course was at Array’s New York City office located at 44 East 30th Street

The four-day program "Green Belt Lean Certification.....READ MORE

Topics: Planning, Architecture, Lean, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Green Belt, Facility Design, Architects, Continuous Improvement

NYC Building Code Updates Have Big Impact on Common Hospital Finishes

Posted by Kent Doss on Jan 18, 2013

3/7/13 Edit: We are extremely appreciative of the conversations that we've had with our clients about the information in this article, as there is very little published data that focusesspecifically...

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Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, firecode, Architects, Continuous Improvement

Safer Interiors by Design

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jan 11, 2013

Foremost in the mind of a healthcare interior designer is to provide an interior environment that trulyis contributing to the healing process of its inhabitants. At no point should the design, the.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Architects, Continuous Improvement

Custom Millwork for Intuitive & Responsive Healthcare: Pt. 1

Posted by Guest Contributor on Oct 23, 2012

Millwork Design in the Patient Room

Recent studies in the Evidence-Based Design field ascertain that the patient room can affect patient safety, operational efficiencies, staff retention and.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, family centered care, Healthcare Millwork, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Lean Applied to Designing a Dialysis Unit

Posted by Guest Contributor on Oct 17, 2012

Recently engaged to design a new Dialysis Unit for a large New York City Hospital, Array approached the client to see if they would be open to us observing clinicians in the workspace to gain an.....READ MORE

Topics: ideal state, Future State Mapping, Architecture, Lean, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals, dialysis, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Avoiding the Landfill: Upcycling/Recycling in Healthcare Design

Posted by Guest Contributor on Oct 05, 2012

There are so many methods to deal with construction waste these days that it can make your head spin.Have you really stopped to think about what happens to all of that stuff once it leaves your site?.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, recycling, hospitals, upcycling, Architects, Sustainability, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

IMMERSIVE DESIGN: Enhancing the Emotional Content of Lean Design

Posted by Kent Doss on Sep 28, 2012

The text below is a condensed version of Kent Doss’s White Paper, “IMMERSIVE DESIGN: Enhancing the Emotional Content of Lean Design.”

The operational (and associated long-term fiscal) benefits of.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Lean, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, hospitals, Architects, Sustainability, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Lean Design

Designing the Building Envelope for an Accelerated IPD Process

Posted by Kent Doss on Sep 04, 2012

This article was co-written by Kent Doss, AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Jon Sell, a Designer and Planner at Array Architects.

On the heels of our presentation on the.....READ MORE

Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)

Why I Became a Healthcare Architect

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 21, 2012

As for most seniors in high school, deciding which college to attend was one of the hardest life decisions I had to make up to that point.I knew very little about what type of college I wanted to.....READ MORE

Topics: furniture, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Charity Hospital, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

Workspace Design: Similarities Between Healthcare and Office Environments

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 16, 2012

My name is Melissa Carnival, LEED AP ID+C, and in the interest of full disclosure, I am a former employee of Array, having been hired after interning there while attending college. I very much enjoy.....READ MORE

Topics: furniture, Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare

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