Small but Mighty: Neglected Rooms to Make or Break Your Hospital Design
AIAU24-AAH09R
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Description
Health care buildings are often defined by popular, income-generating spaces—patient rooms, operating rooms, imaging rooms, and grand public spaces. These rooms create an image that is presented to patients and the public and thus define the character of the building. But what about the other required spaces that are essential to the building’s functions? Without attention to detail, the failure to design these spaces properly will result in a building that is inefficient for users and costly for operators. Join presenters to look at the successes and failures of back-of-house rooms in health care buildings and learn how their design can impact your next project.
This course was recorded live on December 12, 2024.
Learning Objectives
Examine the good and bad designs of back-of-house rooms in health care facilities—medication rooms, environmental services closets, equipment rooms, kitchens, locker rooms, break rooms, and more.
Identify the design secrets to making back-of-house support spaces more functional and efficient.
Learn best practices on the programming and design of back-of-house hospital spaces.
Review successful prototype examples to serve as a benchmark against your future work.
Presented in partnership with the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH).
Randy Geise is a Senior Healthcare Facility Planner at the Cleveland Clinic where he has worked on a variety of projects for nearly three decades.
Jennifer is a Principal at Stantec Architecture in Cleveland. She has experience in all phases of project development, from concept design and programming to schematic design through construction document and construction administration services. She enjoys working closely with clients as part of a design team, coordinating differing talents to synthesize varying client needs into a final successful solution. Jennifer believes that good design should permeate a project at all scales, from the macro scale of master planning and site design to the micro scale of the final construction details. In addition, Jennifer has a strong background in Building Information Modeling (BIM) management, allowing her the opportunity to develop novel approaches to solving complex problems with technology.
Michael is a Principal at Bostwick Design Partnership. For the past twenty six years, he has learned the ins and outs of healthcare architecture. His goal is to help other organizations succeed with their healing, wellness and teaching goals.