Tuesday / April 06, 2021 / 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Two Perspectives on the Future of Healthcare
Online
AIA Chicago’s Healthcare Knowledge Community has partnered with SmithGroup to discuss two perspectives on the future of healthcare. The first looks at brick and mortar solutions that healthcare centers can adopt to futureproof for capacity surges. The second study proposes a conceptual solution to integrate primary care into a city’s existing transit infrastructure. Both publications will be shared during the presentation, and attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the proposals with the authors.
A POST-PANDEMIC FRAMEWORK FOR FLEXIBILITY & FUTURE PROOFING
During the ongoing lockdowns in the COVID-19 pandemic, most organizations adapted to ensure that their work could continue. Many simply shifted existing processes to remote work settings, trying to match what had been done before the pandemic. This worked well for most industries and processes—but healthcare delivery is different. Ambulatory Care Centers, a vital link in Healthcare delivery continuum, were shut down due to concerns about virus spread and lack of intensive care treatment.
SmithGroup designers worked to identify resilient design strategies that could allow ambulatory care centers to remain open and operational during a future epidemic or pandemic. The study identifies two building capacity types: regular capacity and surge capacity.
FARE2CARE – Healthcare Deign Magazines 2020 Breaking Through Design Competition Finalist
The United Nations says that primary healthcare can meet 90 percent of a community’s health needs —but for this to occur, people need access to that primary healthcare. Getting good quality healthcare can depend on where you live and how much time you have to attend various medical appointments. Delayed or deferred preventative and primary care can lead to poorer health and outcomes today —leading to an estimated $67 billion in additional healthcare costs each year in the US.
SmithGroup designers looked at the train tracks that crisscross major cities and small towns across the country and came up with a radical concept that helps to bring care to the patients, rather than bring the patients to the care. This is Fare2Care (F2C).
Speakers:
- Karthik Ramadurai, AIA, WELL AP, LEED AP :Design Principal at SmithGroup. Karthik creates innovative, thoughtful, and inspiring buildings and spaces that respond to the context in a holistic manner. He successfully leads large multi-disciplinary teams with a collaborative style that favors an interdisciplinary team structure and a strong research base.
- Chai Jayachandran, AIA, ACHE, LEED AP BD+C: Principal at SmithGroup who leads the firm’s Southern California Healthcare Studio. In this role, she plays an integral part in client business development, staff mentoring, project leadership, and thought leadership. She couples this knowledge with strong leadership skills, working to incorporate evidence-based design tactics into planning efforts. Chai goes beyond the scope of technical tact, and she strives to create an atmosphere in which top-tier knowledge can thrive with proper application.
- Timothy Howells: Architectural Designer at SmithGroup designs and develops a wide range of projects in a multi-disciplinary environment to achieve the highest quality outcome for his clients. As an emerging leader in design, Timothy translates experiential vision into architecture through three-dimensional modeling and virtual reality. He creates meaningful stories through design that are unique to the building's context and its final users.
