2020-07-31 +
Groundbreaking Developments
Flooring products, as well as what designers and architects want to specify, have changed and developed over the past few decades - mainly impacted by the evolving design approach to healthcare design. Informed by the desire to "do no harm" building healthier hospitals has encouraged...
Flooring products, as well as what designers and architects want to specify, have changed and developed over the past few decades - mainly impacted by the evolving design approach to healthcare design. Informed by the desire to "do no harm" building healthier hospitals has encouraged manufacturers to leverage new technologies to create better products that embrace a more homelike and less clinical aesthetic.
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2020-07-22 +
4 Design Trends of a Post-COVID Workplace
Since COVID-19 became part of our everyday vernacular, the ThinkLab team has been working behind the scenes to track the metrics of how the virus is affecting the interiors industry. And while our data indicates that we are still struggling through the economic effects of the...
Since COVID-19 became part of our everyday vernacular, the ThinkLab team has been working behind the scenes to track the metrics of how the virus is affecting the interiors industry. And while our data indicates that we are still struggling through the economic effects of the pandemic, we continue to celebrate the optimism and resiliency of the design industry as it moves forward by helping clients imagine positive change.
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2020-07-21 +
Implications of COVID-19 on Healthcare Design
As the healthcare industry begins to navigate the new realities of a post-pandemic world, we’re seeing changes, both large and small in scale, across healthcare design. During the initial response to the global coronavirus crisis, healthcare facilities had to adapt in order to...
As the healthcare industry begins to navigate the new realities of a post-pandemic world, we’re seeing changes, both large and small in scale, across healthcare design. During the initial response to the global coronavirus crisis, healthcare facilities had to adapt in order to accommodate the influx of patients, as well as provide healthcare equipment such as ventilators and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Now that the early wave has subsided in some areas, we expect to see shifts in priorities as healthcare organizations move forward.
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2020-07-20 +
The Best Hospital Architects in the US
The US Healthcare sector is a multi-trillion-dollar industry supported by over 20 million health workers. Based on the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) 2020 data, these professionals currently process more than 36.3 million admissions. As one of the country’s essential markets,...
The US Healthcare sector is a multi-trillion-dollar industry supported by over 20 million health workers. Based on the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) 2020 data, these professionals currently process more than 36.3 million admissions. As one of the country’s essential markets, the industry is responsible for addressing not just the present needs for quality medical care, but also for finding ways to evolve and adapt for the future. To meet these challenging and disparate demands, the industry has to continually evolve to keep up with the growing demand for better, higher-performing facilities, facilities that can respond to newer and more advanced threats to human health and wellness.
FCA is proud to be included in this group of talented Healthcare Design Architects. You can see the list here.
FCA is proud to be included in this group of talented Healthcare Design Architects. You can see the list here.
2020-07-15 +
Implications Of COVID-19 On Healthcare Design
As the healthcare industry begins to navigate the new realities of a post-pandemic world, we’re seeing changes, both large and small in scale, across healthcare design. During the initial response to the global coronavirus crisis, healthcare facilities had to adapt in order to...
As the healthcare industry begins to navigate the new realities of a post-pandemic world, we’re seeing changes, both large and small in scale, across healthcare design. During the initial response to the global coronavirus crisis, healthcare facilities had to adapt in order to accommodate the influx of patients, as well as provide healthcare equipment such as ventilators and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Now that the early wave has subsided in some areas, we expect to see shifts in priorities as healthcare organizations move forward.
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2020-06-25 +
Healthcare Facilities Design After COVID-19
How will hospitals design future healthcare spaces after the pandemic? As COVID-19 is impacting every facet of our healthcare systems, frontline workers will have a voice in how we prepare for the future. As such, listening and learning from them will be a fascinating and challenging...
How will hospitals design future healthcare spaces after the pandemic? As COVID-19 is impacting every facet of our healthcare systems, frontline workers will have a voice in how we prepare for the future. As such, listening and learning from them will be a fascinating and challenging endeavor for all stakeholders in the industry.
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2020-06-16 +
Offices Are Changing: Here’s What to Expect When Yours Reopens
As the coronavirus crisis drags on and outbreaks continue—and even emerge—across the United States, your routine of heading to the office every morning may feel like a half-forgotten dream. Working from home isn’t for everyone; while some people have adapted to it (and are pushing to...
As the coronavirus crisis drags on and outbreaks continue—and even emerge—across the United States, your routine of heading to the office every morning may feel like a half-forgotten dream. Working from home isn’t for everyone; while some people have adapted to it (and are pushing to work remotely permanently), others are eagerly awaiting their return to their cubicles and office desks.
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2020-06-03 +
Main Line Health Lankenau Medical Center Emergency Department
Founded in 1985, not-for-profit health system Mainline Health has become a reliable fixture in Pennsylvania because of its high-performance hospitals and healthcare centers across the state. To support its rapid growth, Mainline Health enlisted the help of Francis Cauffman Architects...
Founded in 1985, not-for-profit health system Mainline Health has become a reliable fixture in Pennsylvania because of its high-performance hospitals and healthcare centers across the state. To support its rapid growth, Mainline Health enlisted the help of Francis Cauffman Architects (FCA) to expand its latest facility: the Lankenau Medical Center Emergency Department, an acute care hospital and medical complex located in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Over the past 20 years, FCA has had a long-lasting partnership with Mainline Health, completing projects across six hospital campuses and a variety of outpatient sites—including the renovation of Lankenau Medical Center’s existing Emergency Department in 1997. Lankenau’s newest expansion opened in January 2020.
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2020-05-13 +
Healthcare Design Post COVID-19
The Covid-19 virus has required healthcare facilities to make extraordinary changes to accommodate the influx of patients to their Emergency Departments and ICU units. What do these changes mean for the future of healthcare design, when the virus is under control? FCA’s creative...
The Covid-19 virus has required healthcare facilities to make extraordinary changes to accommodate the influx of patients to their Emergency Departments and ICU units. What do these changes mean for the future of healthcare design, when the virus is under control? FCA’s creative professionals have been working with several healthcare systems – including their clinical teams, support staff, and system administrators – to understand how hospitals will need to adapt to deliver care in the wake of this crisis: what lessons have been learned, and what solutions can be imagined? For example: how can hospitals develop spaces that are flexible and modular, to allow for significant fluctuations in demand? What infrastructural needs, like ventilation and medical gases, and PPE storage, need to be reconsidered for effectiveness? How to ensure new facilities are meeting CDC guidelines? And with revenue shortfalls occurring in the millions of dollars week to week, what interventions will be most effective in a time of significantly reduced construction budgets? In this paper, FCA and our healthcare partners will approach these questions from a position of deep expertise and historical experience, with a keen eye towards the impact that interior design and planning has on patients and staff.
2020-04-30 +
How the coronavirus pandemic will change the way offices are designed
One of the many ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic is that a lot of people have had time to adjust to working at home. And a lot of companies have probably realized that even when things return to normal, portions of their workforce won't necessarily have to come into the...
One of the many ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic is that a lot of people have had time to adjust to working at home. And a lot of companies have probably realized that even when things return to normal, portions of their workforce won't necessarily have to come into the office to be productive. There's a good chance that the pandemic will have a direct role in changing how the office of the future is designed. John Campbell is the president of FCA architects, an architecture and interior design planning firm in Philadelphia and New York City, specializing in the workplace, healthcare, and research facilities. We asked him to come on KYW In Depth to talk about the future of open offices, how he thinks the way offices are designed in the future is going to change, and how he's seeing it changing already because of this pandemic.
To listen to the 19-minute segment, click here.
To listen to the 19-minute segment, click here.