Lessons Learned From Iconic Hospital Projects
For the past several years, Kirk Hamilton, Don McKahan, and now Frank Pitts have been doing a presentation at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference on the important lessons learned from the most innovative and groundbreaking healthcare facilities of our time.
It’s a great presentation, because these guys actually go and visit the facilities, take their own snapshots, and interview the client and the architect. This year they looked at the Ambulatory Clinical Building at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and the MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre.
What struck me, though, as I listened to them talk last month, is that because they are all architects, they focus mostly on the programming and planning aspects of the building itself. Granted, it’s only an hour presentation, but there was a lot about the architectural elements of the building and very little about the interiors.
So, I think it would be great for three prominent interior designers to do the same type of presentation, but focus on the interior design innovations that have stood the test of time and become part of evidence-based design thinking. Perhaps they could even re-visit some of the past “icons” that Hamilton, McKahan, and Pitts have reviewed and/or collaborate with them.
If you’re interested in pursuing this idea, submit a proposal to HCD10! Deadline is Friday, January 22.