Principal | Oliner Consulting LLC
Throughout his career, Eric has provided solutions to strategic, operational, and technical problems for a wide spectrum of clients. As an architect, planner, real estate developer, owner’s representative, and management consultant, he helped create and implement fundamental transformations in multiple business sectors. Focused exclusively on healthcare facilities for the past 25 years, Eric led strategic and market planning, feasibility analyses, site acquisitions, peer reviews, facility master planning, program management, and development / construction projects, working with the senior leadership of many healthcare institutions and systems. Since retiring from that world, he has provided pro bono services for trauma facilities in developing countries. Eric holds degrees from Brown University (BA) and Yale (MArch and MBA.) He lives with his wife Ann in a home they designed and built in the Cascade foothills near Seattle.
Courses
Multisensory Design: A Case Study at the Washington State School for the Blind
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 | 2:00-3:00pm EST
Historically, people experiencing disability have been segregated and excluded from mainstream spaces. With a majority presence of non-disabled participants in design teams, there’s often a lack of inclusive practices that address the perspectives of those with varied sensory abilities. Through a case study presentation of the Life Skills Training Center at the Washington State School for the Blind, participants will gain practical insights and actionable strategies to enhance the accessibility and inclusivity of the design process and the resulting decisions forming the built environment.