insight Fall 2008 A publication of the Center for Health Systems & Design at A&M University

Ulrich, actor promote evidence-based design

Dr. Roger Ulrich, professor of architecture at Texas A&M University and holder of the Julie and Craig Beale ’71 Endowed Professorship in Health Facilities Design at the Texas A&M College of Architecture, joined famous Irish actor Gabriel Byrne in an effort to raise public awareness of the benefits of evidence-based design as part of the Irish government’s multibillion-dollar effort to modernize its healthcare infrastructure. “Despite becoming a wealthy country in recent decades,” said Ulrich, “Ireland’s hospitals and other healthcare buildings remain among the most obsolete in Europe.” A mainstay on the silver screen for nearly 30 years, Byrne has appeared in “The Usual Suspects,” “Little Women,” and “Excalibur.” Currently, he portrays Paul, a therapist in the critically acclaimed HBO series “In Treatment.” “I conveyed the science, data, and design recommendations and Byrne brought the emotion and framed key issues in “Gabriel’s participation ensured much personal, human terms,” said Ulrich, at right, of their tour promoting evidence-based health facility design in Ireland. greater public interest and attendance, and helped to increase awareness of the research findings,” said Ulrich. “I conveyed the to an audience of upwards 1,000 people,” importance of using evidence-based design science, data, and design recommendations, said Ulrich. “It was a novel departure from to create better healthcare buildings,” said and Byrne brought the emotion and framed C-105 (a classroom in Texas A&M’s Langford Ulrich, who has been advising government key issues in personal, human terms.” Architecture Center).” entities and foundations in Ireland about At one of their public appearances, the An article on evidence-based hospital the benefits of evidence-based design in crowd was so large that organizers had to design published in the Irish Times healthcare architecture for the past few years. move the event to St. Ann’s, a cavernous old newspaper, includes a description of “Gabriel’s presence, eloquence, and his church that has stood in the heart of Dublin Ulrich’s appearance with Byrne at St. ability to bring humanity to the topic of for more than 300 years. Ann’s. The story can be accessed online at: healthcare environments empowered the “I spoke for an hour on evidence-based http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ public and political impact of my barrage of design from an elaborately carved pulpit health/2008/0610/1213005981471.html.

HEALTHCARE DESIGN.08 New CHSD Faculty Fellow quoted in Time magazine Article examines high rates of childhood obesity in low-income families

Xuemei Zhu, a new member of the Texas refused to allow kids to walk to A&M College of Architecture faculty and Fac- school, fearing they would be- ulty Fellow for the Center for Health Systems come victims of crime or traffic & Design, was quoted in the June 12 issue of accidents,” said Zhu, quoting Time magazine in an article about childhood her research findings. The Center for Health Systems & Design’s second an- obesity. The research was conduct- nual “First Look” Research Colloquium was held Nov. The article discusses how children from Xuemei Zhu ed as part of her dissertation 8-11 at the Gaylord National in Washington, D.C. in low-income families have higher obesity study at Texas A&M’s College conjunction with the AIA/AHA Healthcare Design.08 rates, and quotes Zhu’s research in Austin of Architecture. For Bryan Walsh’s story in conference. neighborhoods. Time, visit http://www.time.com/time/maga- “Even in dense communities, parents often zine/article/0,9171,1813984-1,00.html

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Research eyes factors encouraging, Shepley honored for Rodiek earns ‘best paper’ accolade impeding children’s walks to school relevant research on from Senior Housing & Care Journal pediatric facilities Two CHSD Faculty Fellows earned a portion examine the personal, social, and physical en- The description of a new tool for deter- of the $3.3 million in grant funds presented in vironmental correlates of active commuting For research that has significantly mining the effects of the built environment 2007 by the Robert Wood Johnson Founda- (walking) to school. The project team includes influenced medical practices, Dr. Mardelle of residential care facilities on their residents, tion to support research on active living in the Lee, co-P.I., James Varni, a professor with co- Shepley will receive developed by Dr. Susan Rodiek, won an award United States. appointments to Texas A&M’s departments of the 2009 Stan for best research paper from Seniors Housing Xuemei Zhu, an assistant professor of ar- Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and Mavis Graven & Care Journal. chitecture and Chanam Lee, an assistant and Pediatrics, and Oi-Man Kwok, assistant Award for Leader- Rodiek, assistant professor of architecture professor in landscape architecture and professor of educational psychology. ship in Enhancing at Texas A&M and holder of the Ronald L. urban planning, received funding to Additionally, Lee was awarded a the Physical and Skaggs Endowed Professorship in Health Fa- study environmental impacts on $252,000 grant for her proposal, “The Developmental cilities Design, responded to a need for tools Issue 9: Fall 2008 the physical activity of elementary ‘Why’s’ and ‘Why Not’s’ of Active Environments for to objectively capture detail about the built school children, especially those Living: Barriers and Motivators the High Risk Infant. environment’s effect on residents at residen- Newsletter for the at high risk of physical inactivity among High Risk Children.” This Shepley has fo- tial care facilities. and obesity. three-year study is evaluating cused on pediatric Dr. Mardelle Shepley The National Investment Center for the Center for Health Systems & Design Their research focuses various interventions re- facilities design Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC), an- Dr. Susan Rodiek, received best paper award from Darren on children in the Austin lated to children’s physical since initiating research on neonatal nually publishes the peer-reviewed Journal Alcus, left, president of Commercial Finance for GE Health- College of Architecture • Texas A&M University Independent School Dis- activity. For instance, it intensive care units in 1991 while serv- that contains applied research papers for care Financial Services, and Robert Kramer, president of Texas A&M Health Science Center • College of Medicine trict, the same location examines environmen- ing as a project architect for The Design providers, financiers and developers involved the NIC for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry. as Zhu’s dissertation tal factors such as Partnership for the San Francisco General in the industry. Rodiek was recognized at the Health Industry Advisory Council study, “Community the quality of side- Hospital NICU. She has published exten- Annual NIC Conference where she received a “The quality of the physical environment Environments and walks, distance sively and coauthored “Healthcare Envi- plaque and $5,000 cash award, which is spon- has a major impact on residents’ quality of Professional Members Walking-to- of schools from ronments for Children and their Families” sored by GE Healthcare Financial Services. life, staff satisfaction and market appeal,” she BSA Life Structures Jacobs School Behav- homes, street- (1998). A member of the Committee for Rodiek donated the award for the paper, “A said about her winning paper. “Yet in spite of Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. iors: Multi-Lev- crossing safe- Recommended Design Standards for New Tool for Evaluating Senior Living Environ- its importance, few instruments have been FKP Architects, Inc. el Correlates ty and the de- Newborn ICUs, she served on the board ments,” to the Design for Aging Scholarship developed to sensitively and objectively HDR Architecture, Inc. and Underly- sign of streets, of the Association for the Care of Chil- Fund founded by Rodiek and offered through evaluate environmental conditions in assisted HKS Architects, Inc. ing Disparities.” Aided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds, CHSD playgrounds, dren’s Health. the College of Architecture’s Center for Health living settings. That became our motiva- Haynes Whaley Associates The research, researchers could help combat obesity in schoolchildren. and parks. The The award will be presented January Systems & Design. tion: to see if such an instrument could be HOK The INNOVA Group Zhu said, aims research is also 2009 in Florida during the 22nd Annual The instrument Rodiek developed focused developed and could also be adapted for use KMD Architects to “identify the most effective environmental identifying barriers and motivators of active Gravens Conference on the Physical and on the psychosocial needs of older adults and by operators.” Karlsberger Companies interventions that will encourage physically living and comparing different sub-groups of Developmental Environments for the “the extent to which the physical environ- This is the second time Rodiek has Erdman, A Cogdell Spencer Company active lifestyles among children, specifically, children. High Risk Infant. ment supports their specific behaviors and received an award for best paper from the PageSoutherlandPage walking to school.” Lee’s team includes Zhu, Varni and Daniel activities,” she wrote in her paper. journal, an exceptional accomplishment. Perkins + Will Zhu received $186,000 for her proposal, Sui, professor of geography. RTKL Associates, Inc. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott “Safety, Health, and Equity for Active School Both studies will employ objective and Stantec Architecture Transportation: Interactions among Multi-Lev- subjective measurement tools together with Syska Hennessy Group el Factors and Specific Needs of Low-Income the use of geographic information systems, Student healthcare architecture group begins 4th year Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Inc. Hispanic Children.” The two-year study will surveys and field audits. WHR Architects Architecture-for-health students at Texas Wingler & Sharp, Architects & Planners, Inc. A&M University are increasingly active in the Wilmot/Sanz, Inc Student Health Environments Association Zimmer Gunsel Frasca Architects, LLP Mann earns teaching excellence award (SHEA), which is now in its fourth year. The Corporate PARTNERS CHSD Faculty Fellow George J. Mann proudly helped present grassroots student organization promotes The Mohawk Group/Lees Carpets Herman Miller for Healthcare was honored this year for excellence in the for the last 24 years,” interest and knowledge in the field of health Nurture by Steelcase classroom by the Texas A&M Association said Thadd Hargett ’99, design and provides a place for students of all STERIS Corporation of Former Students. Mann, holder of the the association’s direc- levels of education to interact. Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA & Joseph G. Sprague, tor of annual giving. At SHEA’s first meeting of the academic CHSD faculty Fellows FAIA, Endowed Chair in Health Design and a Mann, who began year, CHSD faculty provided academic and Mardelle Shepley George J. Mann registered architect, received the association’s teaching Architecture- career advice to students from several depart- Susan Rodiek Joseph McGraw Distinguished Achievement Award during the for-Health studios at the ments within the College of Architecture. Elton Abbott Marlynn May College of Architecture’s fall 2008 faculty and Texas A&M in 1966, has Additionally, students with an interest in SHEA members gathered to tour the Stone Oak Hospital in . Sherry Bame Jody Naderi staff meeting. Debra Ellis, a senior lecturer in George J. Mann 48 years experience in evidenced-based design formed a group Leonard Berry Marcia Ory the field and an interna- John Bryant Andrew Seidel the Department of Construction Science, was to read and discuss current architecture- benefitted from portfolio critiques from ar- in Washington, D.C. with the support of the Charles Culp Joe Sharkey also honored. tional reputation as a leader in health facility for-health publications with oversight from chitects with HOK, Shepley Bulfinch Richard- Herman Miller for Healthcare Travelling Fel- Michael Duffy Don Sweeney Thadd Hargett ’99, the association’s direc- design education. SHEA’s academic advisor, Kirk Hamilton, as- son and Abbott, and Tsoi Kobus & Associates. lowships, several students toured the offices Pliny Fisk Louis Tassinary tor of annual giving, presented Ellis and Mann “It is our distinct pleasure to recognize sociate professor of architecture and editor of In November, the students toured the of Tama Duffy of Perkins+Will. Jeff Haberl Roger Ulrich with the awards. excellence among faculty members and offer the Health Environments Research & Design almost completed Stone Oak Hospital in San This spring SHEA members are traveling to Kirk Hamilton James Varni “Today we join in honoring two of Texas a token of our appreciation of their profound Journal, or HERD. Antonio, with Michael Thoma and Thomas Waco where they’ll join architects from HDR Ward Wells Chang-Shan Huang A&M’s finest professionals with an award impact among the Aggie network,” Hargett At the center’s October Health Industry Quigley of HOK. Later that month, while at- to tour the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Sarel Lavy Xuemei Zhu that the association of former students has said. Advisory Council meeting, SHEA members tending the Healthcare Design ’08 conference campus. Chanam Lee

2 Insight Newsletter: Fall 2008 Center for Health Systems & Design • Insight Newsletter: Fall 2008 3 AWARDS • Recipient Profiles Member Firm Update HEALTH INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL

Herman Miller for Nicole Hoffman Heath Industry Advisory Council “We are tremendously pleased to be named one the sf in-patient facility addition in 2010. The focus includes codified goals and tactics: the Sustainable Design Initiative Masters - 1st Year firms are cutting-edge companies Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the past two years,” patient safety and nursing efficiency measures with an in- (SDI) Strategic Plan and the Green Operations Plan. Healthcare presents Nicole Hoffman, from Mansfield, in the design, construction and said John Crane, President and CEO of FKP Architects. “We depth analysis of both the current as well as the proposed Perkins+Will has been named one of 2007’s “Best Texas, is interested in the healing and are committed to providing our employees with a positive hospital addition. AEC Firms to Work For” by Building Design+Construction manufacturing fields that support 12 travel fellowships sustainable aspects of health facilities work environment in which they can excel and grow while Our team is looking at the links between nursing unit magazine. This award program recognizes firms in the design. She aims to focus on evidence the activities of the Center for Health at the same time transforming their careers. It is gratifying configurations and their impact on key safety metrics. worldwide AEC industry that excel in practices including The Center for Health Systems & Design based design and sustainability Systems & Design and students with an to receive this recognition.” Rigorous time/motion studies and questionnaires are be- professional development, social responsibility, workplace awarded 12 traveling fellowships at the as it applies to the methodology behind designing better interest in health design and research The actual rankings will be published in a special ing used to observe the behavior of and collect responses environment, compensation/benefits, innovative recruit- third annual awards ceremony, Saturday, healthcare facilities. advertorial section in the February 2009 issue of TEXAS from staff and patients. ment and retention policies, and business practices. during the 7th Annual HIAC meeting on who attend the College of Architecture MONTHLY and the ranked companies will be recognized at Perkins+Will has also been named a winner of the Oct 17, 2008. The traveling fellowships are Nupur Gupta at Texas A&M University. the 2009 Texas Association of Business annual conference 11th annual “Good Design is Good Business” award for the made possible by the generous donations Masters - 2nd Year in Austin, Texas on January 28. design of the recently completed One Haworth Center. of Herman Miller for Healthcare. Nupur Gupta, from India, is interested For more information on the Best Companies to Work The Innova Group The “Good Design is Good Business” awards, sponsored by Roger Call, director of architecture and in the best possible healthcare ESa for in Texas program, visit www.BestCompaniesTX.com or www.theinnovagroup.com BusinessWeek and Architectural Record, is an international design for Herman Miller for Healthcare, environments from the street level to www.esarch.com contact Jackie Miller at 877-455-2159 competition honoring innovative architecture that both and Mardelle Shepley, CHSD director, pre- the intricate details of chairs in patient demonstrates exemplary design and helps clients achieve sented the awards. rooms. Since 1995, The Innova Group has provided innovative business goals. Aspiring young architects at Earl Swensson Associ- and cost effective solutions to meet the healthcare plan- Sihyun Sung ates in Nashville, Tenn. recently participated in charrette HKS, Inc. ning needs of its clients through integration of population- Adam Panter Masters - 2nd Year sessions to design the patient room of the future on the www.hksinc.com based markets, operations and facilities. Masters - 2nd Year Sihyun Sung, from Seoul, Korea, premise “What if there were no boundaries?”. Safety, The Innova Group is comprised of architects, healthcare ZGF Architects, LLP Adam Panter from Sulphur Springs, focuses on the future of healthcare efficiency and patient-focused initiatives were established administrators, nurses, operational consultants, and www.zgf.com Texas, is interested in creating facilities design. He is concerned with as goals. Ashley Dias has joined HKS as its first Healthcare data analysts who utilize their knowledge and expertise environments that will enhance the both hospital infrastructure (Bar coding Excited about the challenge, the team members tested Fellow. Dias graduated from Texas A&M University to successfully implement capital investment planning healing process through positive system, etc) and hospital human the reaches of their imaginations and creativity as they with a master of architecture degree and a bachelor of initiatives. The Center for Health Systems & Design and Zimmer design. He considers the buildings’ resources re-allocation (RN ratio, etc) in terms of evidence. set about to create the ideal patient room. Futuristic ap- environmental design degree. In addition to receiving Services offered by The Innova Group include strategic Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF) continued their longstand- impact on the individual and the natural environment. proaches to improvement of safety for patients and clinical her master’s degree, she also earned a health systems and planning, facility programming, medical planning, master ing collaboration, with Professor Roger Ulrich contributing Tan Zheng staff included an ergonomically designed nurse work zone, design certificate. planning, and program management. The Innova Group to the design of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Avery Kennedy Masters - 2nd Year double doors into the room for quick access, a purified Dias joined HKS as a summer intern in 2006, working routinely collaborates with national and regional health- Hospital of Chicago and The Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Ph.D. - 1st Year Tan Zheng, from Shandong, China, laminar air curtain above the patient bed, programmable on C.S Mott Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, care architectural firms, including many HIAC members, to College of Architecture graduate (’06), Alison Cozby, Avery Kennedy, from Portland, Oregon, is interested in applying evidence- LCD wall finish panels, added grab bars and patient lifts for Mich., and joined the firm full-time in June 2008. Cur- affect the client’s program requirements. has also had a hand in ZGF’s work, contributing most is a nurse practitioner interested based design to create better healing every patient room. rently, she is serving as‑ an intern architect on Birmingham In support of the Department of Defense Base Realign- recently to the Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital and the in studying how the environment environments. He is also interested Voice activation was explored as a method to allow Children’s Hospital in Alabama. ment And Closure initiatives, The Innova Group recently Providence Everett Medical Tower. Alison is also an active contributes to perception of quality of in combining the merits of oriental the patient control over his or her environment in regard to The HKS Healthcare Fellowship is a one-year program completed planning and programming of more than 5 member of ZGF’s group of Young Design Professionals care for inpatient psychiatric hospitals culture and western culture to create better architectural form temperature, lighting, privacy, etc. developed to recognize and encourage aspiring and tal- million square feet of space for medical facilities at various (YDP) – a group of individuals in the office that can work for improved patient experience and emergency department for health facilities. Squared-off and sharp corners were totally eliminated ented recent graduates committed to improving the built military installations, including two replacement hospitals. together on issues that face the young professional includ- work environment. and replaced with rounded and softened corners. For flex- healthcare environment. The firm also supports capital investment planning ing but not limited to IDP. Xiaodong Xuan ibility and space conservation, a family sleeping compart- As an HKS Healthcare Fellow, in addition to her project activities for other federal and private sector clients, includ- ZGF has a commitment to IDP and the principles Brian Briscoe Masters - 2nd Year ment and patient bathroom were designed for retraction work, Dias has also selected a topic of interest for a special ing a comprehensive Phoenix Market Area Facility Study as behind it. Providing in-house seminars on core learning ar- Masters - 1st Year Xiaodong Xuan, from Hefei, China, when not in use. study. She will investigate and document the differences well as selection for the University of New Mexico Health eas; supporting a coordinator to guide interns through the Brian Briscoe, from Kingwood, Texas, is interested in sustainable health in undertaking the design process working with private Science Center Master Plan and Hospital Addition. IDP process and directly participate in project assignment is interested in sustainable health facilities design. He particularly focuses (not-for-profit and profit) versus public healthcare orga- Recently, The Innova Group sponsored a company-wide and goal setting; reviewing on a regular basis the areas of facilities design. He takes the position on encouraging the use of daylighting nizations. Following her research, she will write a thesis retreat in Chicago to improve collaboration, service capa- needed exposure and taking steps to find opportunities to that sustainability is a necessity for the by reducing the discomfort caused by FKP Architects, Inc. paper providing recommendations as well as a checklist for bilities, and client value. The Innova Group is a 35-person efficiently gain experience are just some of the ways that future and to the creation of healthy window typology and placement. www.fkp.com architects. healthcare planning firm with offices in Austin, Tucson, ZGF supports young architects. healing environments. “I am excited and honored to be the first HKS and Boston. With offices in New York; Washington, DC; Los Yanqing You Healthcare Fellow,” said Dias. “This program will give Angeles; Seattle; and Portland, ZGF is one of the nation’s Garam Cha Masters - 2nd Year FKP Architects was recently named one of the Best recent college graduates, like me, an opportunity to work largest architecture firms, with commissions for clients in Masters - 2nd Year Yanqing “Erin” You, from Guangzhou, Companies to Work for in Texas, the second consecutive with leaders in the firm (and the industry) providing an government, business, health, research, education, culture, Garam Cha, from South Korea, is China, is interested in evidence based year the company has received the distinction. Created in unsurpassed introduction into all aspects of the healthcare Perkins+Will transportation and urban design. interested in the relationship between design’s application and influence 2006, the award program is a project of Texas Monthly, design process.” www.perkinswill.com design and health care facilities. to healthcare facility design. She is the Texas Association of Business (TAB), the Texas State HIAC member firms urged Her final study concentrates on a interested in its potential to define a Council of the Society of Human Resource Management to share news with CHSD community mental health center better, advanced healing environment and promote the care (TSC_SHRM) and Best Companies Group. The list is made Perkins+Will was the recipient of the CoreNet Global, Health Industry Advisory Council member connected with an existing health care facility. delivery system. up of 100 Texas companies. HOK AIA and IIDA 6th Annual Sustainable Leadership Award for firms are encouraged to submit news items to With more than 150 employees in its architectural www.hok.com Design & Development. When Perkins+Will began apply- the Center for Health Systems & Design’s Insight Jialiang Wang Yuxiang Chen practice officing in and , FKP received its ing LEED to projects, we realized it wasn’t enough to make Newsletter. Relevant news includes research Ph.D. - 1st Year Masters - 2nd Year honor in the medium size company category of 75 to 249 the significant positive impact that we wanted. Combining updates, practice innovations, new employee Jialiang “Julian” Wang, from Shandong, Yuxiang “Shawn” Chen, from Hangzhou, employees. FKP has designed projects in 42 states and HOK and The Methodist Hospital System in Houston the knowledge from the firm’s thought leaders with the or internship programs, and news of young China, is interested in bioclimate design Zhejiang, China, is interested in the four foreign countries, and today focuses on Transforming have teamed up for a significant research project at the passion of our 1600-person staff, sustainable design has architects’ involved in their firms. HIAC member aiming for healthy environments, design of healthcare environments to Business by Design™ throughout the healthcare, research Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. The project began in mid become part of the corporate culture. This cultural shift has firm profiles or news items should be e-mailed especially in variable climate create positive impacts on humans. and education industries. 2008 and will conclude with the opening of a new 500,000 been accomplished by crafting two living documents that to Judy Pruitt at [email protected]. conditions.

4 Insight Newsletter: Fall 2008 • Center forHealth Systems & Design Center for Health Systems & Design • Insight Newsletter: Fall 2008 5 Bame serves on national ASHRAE certifies Culp Oregon paper seeks Hamilton’s input after health advisory board for high-performance some complain about ‘extravagant’ hospital Dr. Sherry Bame, asso- building design ciate professor in the Kirk Hamilton, associate been spent in other ways, as in lowering the Department of Landscape Dr. Charles Culp, professor in the Depart- cost of healthcare,” said Hamilton. Architecture and Urban associate professor ment of Architecture, “This is an erroneous assumption,” he con- Planning, was invited to in the Department recently weighed in on tinued, “because capital spending comes from serve on the Academy for of Architecture, has a debate that erupted in other sources.. it may be funded by philan- Health Services Research been certified a Springfield, Oregon about thropy…and the quality of facilities are vital to and Policy Advisory Board High-Performance the design of the new Sa- recruiting and retaining the best staff.” for developing the 2009 Dr. Sherry Bame Building Design cred Heart Medical Center. Kirk Hamilton “In fact,” Hamilton said, “capital and debt National Health Policy Professional by the According to an Aug. 10 for facilities and equipment is usually only six Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual American Society of article published in the Eugene Register Guard, percent of a hospital’s annual budget.” event facilitates exchange between health Heating, Refrigerat- the hospital complex has a lodge-like lobby Almost a quarter-century ago, a landmark services researchers whose work is used to set ing and Air-Condi- Dr. Charles Culp with art and a three-story river rock fireplace, study by Roger Ulrich, professor of architecture national health policy by legislators. tioning Engineers. sweeping views of the McKenzie River and at Texas A&M, showed that hospital patients ASHRAE’s certification program identi- Coburg Hills from patient rooms, and a stand whose rooms overlooked a nature scene, such fies individuals who have demonstrated of towering fir trees on the grounds. as at the facility in Oregon, had shorter hospi- The 7th annual Health Industry Advisory Council meeting at Texas A&M University included 26 member firms. Visiting Japanese the necessary training and tools for the A retired teacher told the newspaper the tal stays and requested less pain medication design of high-performance buildings that facility is an “opulent monument to medicine than patients whose rooms looked out onto scholar researching live up to their performance capability. that could only have been built on huge the wall of a building. HIAC 2008 meeting is largest yet evidence-based design The content of the exam includes: profits and the promise of more … it’s like Ulrich and others have continued to show sustainability concepts; heating, ventilat- building a palace in the middle of suffering through research that evidence-based health Twenty-six member firms attended the study to establish a foundation for future Dr. Kazuhiko Okamoto, a visiting ing and air conditioning and sustainable and poverty.” facility design can benefit staff and patients seventh annual Health Industry Advisory research;” and Arsenio Rodrigues on “The case scholar from Japan, is researching processes and environmental improve- Hamilton, associate director for the Center by reducing medical errors, improving staff Council (HIAC) meeting held Oct. 16-18 at the for sacred architecture as healing environ- evidence based design at Texas A&M ment programs and rating systems; energy for Health Systems & Design, said the teacher’s performance, and reducing stress. Texas A&M University College of Architecture. ments: Findings from focus group discussions University’s College of Architecture dur- analysis; indoor environment; controls view is a common misconception of the intent Despite these findings, patient- and staff- The meeting began Friday morning with conducted at a sacred and secular building.” ing an 18-month and monitoring; benchmarking with of evidence-based design at healthcare facili- centered design at medical centers can be an update on the Architecture-for-Health HIAC members spent the afternoon fellowship from the performance metrics; water conservation; ties. confused with extravagance, as is the case in program by Dr. Mardelle Shepley, director of visiting with students andreviewing current University of Tokyo commissioning in sustainable construc- “Whenever a hospital design is attractive Oregon. the Center for Health Systems & Design. Dr. studio projects. and the Kajima tion, and operation and maintenance of it runs the risk of being criticized for excess or On the other hand, health care buildings Larry Gamm, professor and head of the De- The meeting concluded Saturday morning Corporation. high-performance buildings. opulence because the presumption is that if can reflect research by Ulrich and his contem- partment of Health Policy and Management, with the third annual SHEA-HIAC portfolio Okamoto is an it had been less expensive, more could have poraries with little room for protest. followed with the keynote address, “Organi- review, in which students met with architects assistant professor zational Transformation in Health Systems.” from HOK, Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and at the University Dr. Glen Mills, newly appointed head of the Abbott, and Tsoi Kobus & Associates. of Tokyo’s Depart- Prof, student attend architecture conferences in Florence, Turin Texas A&M Department of Architecture, was With 26 professional members and four ment of Architec- present to share his vision for the future of corporate members, HIAC keeps growing as ture and has been Texas A&M student healthcare architec- the department. new firms join annually. The latest member is involved in the Dr. Kazuhiko Okamoto ture projects where showcased last June at The member firms were updated on KMD Architects. design of a number the 2008 International Union of Architects’ activities of the Student Health Environments HIAC was founded in 2002 to support the of hospital facilities. He began teaching Public Health Group (UIA/PHG) conference in Association (SHEA) by Brian Briscoe, current activities of the Center for Health Systems at the University of Tokyo after working Florence, Italy. president of the group, and Adam Panter, & Design and students in the College of for Okada and Associates in Tokyo. George J. Mann, AIA, professor of archi- past-president. Architecture with an interest in health design Okamoto supervises theses of Ph.D., tecture and holder of the Ronald Skaggs, Doctoral students presenting their re- and research. masters and undergraduate students, FAIA and Joseph G. Sprague, FAIA Endowed search included Samira Pasha, on “Usability To become a HIAC member firm, contact especially those studying medical and Chair in Health Facilities Design, and Brian D. of outdoor spaces in children’s hospitals;” Mardelle Shepley, director of the Center welfare facility design, and he teaches Briscoe, a Master of Architecture student from Laura Prestwood on “Design factors for the for Health Systems & Design via e-mail at architectural design to undergraduates. Texas A&M, presented “Recent Healthcare built environment affecting shelter outcomes [email protected] or call 979-845- As a student at the University of To- Projects undertaken at Texas A&M University’s for female domestic violence victims: A case 7009. kyo, he earned his Bachelor of Architec- ‘Architecture for Health Program’ and Selected ture, Master of Architecture, and Ph.D. Projects from HKS –Advisory Teaching Firm Doctoral student presents at national conference He has also been a consultant to the since 1973.” More than 150 representatives World Health Organization since 2005. from countries and universities worldwide Zhipeng Lu, an architecture Ph.D. student at Texas A&M, presented his Okamoto’s visit will also include lay- heard the presentation at the P. Spadolini research on walkable corridors in assisted living residents at the HEALTH- ing a joint foundation with Texas A&M Meyer Children’s Hospital. CARE DESIGN.08 Conference in Washington, D.C. He was one of two University for the future of GUPHA - Mann, the American Institute of Architects students who received an AIA/AAH STERIS- Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Global University Programs in Healthcare liaison to the UIA/PHG, has been a member of Professor and student, George J. Mann and Brian D. Briscoe, spoke to the more than 150 representatives from countries Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design. Architecture. He was in charge of orga- the organization since 1974. and universities worldwide who attended the 2008 International Union of Architects’ Public Health Group conference. His presentation was based on his dissertation research. nizing GUPHA’s 2007 meeting in Tokyo. The conference was cosponsored by the Lu also received the Souder Award for professional achievement in Okamoto will be joined in mid-No- World Health Organization and other Italian Briscoe traveled to Turin, Italy to attend the “This was a tremendous opportunity for health facility planning and design research as an AIA/AAH graduate vember by his wife Ruka, also an archi- health-related groups. International Union of Architects’ World me to connect with the global community of fellow. tect who plans to undertake advanced After the Florence gathering, Mann and Congress. health facility design,” said Briscoe. Information for the fellowship and a listing of fellows can be accessed research in health facility design. on the fellowship’s website: http://www.aia.org/aah_fellowship_overview. Zhipeng Lu

6 Insight Newsletter: Fall 2008 • Center forHealth Systems & Design Center for Health Systems & Design • Insight Newsletter: Fall 2008 7 McLeroy Oelrich Mah Parker Diaz Diaz Dias Iriarte Ulrich Fall 2008 CHSD Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series featured diverse variety of healthcare design experts

Every Wednesday at noon during “Research & Design for Health” STERIS and the company’s corporate the fall semester, Texas A&M College featuring Derek Parker, FAIA, RIBA, liaison to the AIA- Academy of of Architecture students had an FACHA, director of Anshen+Allen Architecture for Health. opportunity to hear leading professionals Architects. from the allied healthcare professions “Research Informing Design: Can discuss issues related to health care and “Maximum Flexibility Through Evidence-Based Design Strategies healthcare facilities design as part of the Standardization” featuring James R. Influence Non-Hospital Spaces?” Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series. Diaz, FAIA, FACHA, principal and Lari featuring Tama Duffy Day, FASID, IIDA, The public lectures, held in the Wright Diaz, AIA, both with Kaplan McLaughlin LEED, AP, principal with Perkins + Will Gallery of the Langford Architecture Diaz, Architects. Architects. Center, were sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health “A Tale of Two Graduates: A Week in “Building Information Modeling” Industry Advisory Council, Student the Life of Ashley and Alejandro After featuring Ron Meyer, AIA, NCARB, vice Health Environments Association, and Graduating from Texas A&M” featuring president of HKS, Inc. and Christopher Global University Programs in Healthcare Ashley N. Dias of HKS Inc. and Alejandro Peck, J.D., AICP, vice president of Architecture. Iriarte, associate medical planner with McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Texas Topics and featured speakers WHR Architects, Inc. Division. included: “Master Planning and Design of the “Healthy Cities and the Design “The Epidemiologic Transition” Jersey Shore University and Medical Institutes in China” featuring Chang- featuring Ken McLeroy, professor with Center, Neptune, New Jersey” featuring Shan Huang, PhD., AICP, ASLA, RLA, the Department of Social and Behavioral LaTonya Whitfield-Horhn, AIA, LEED AP, the Harold L. Adams’ 61 Endowed Health in the Texas A&M Health Science project manager with PBK Architects Interdisciplinary Professor in Landscape Center’s School of Rural Public Health. and Tushar Gupta, AIA, NCARB and Marie Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas Hoke, AIA, both principals with WHR A&M University. “It’s not Just About Hospitals” featuring Architects, Inc. Jean Mah, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, “Critical Issues in the ‘How’ of principal of national healthcare practice “The Value and Role of STERIS Healthcare Facilities Design and leader Perkins + Will Architects. Corporation, a Healthcare Capital Construction: Our Experience with Equipment Provider, Brings to the ‘Lean’ and Integrated Project Delivery” “A Nurse’s Perspective on Hospital World of Healthcare Education and featuring Phillip Sun, AIA, NCARB, ACHA, Design” featuring Teri Oelrich, MBA, BSN, Architecture” featuring Robert J. institutional consulting practice leader RN, principal with NBBJ. Spampani, AIA, project manager with with Jacobs Carter Burgess.

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