2025 ACHA Town Hall: Hot Topic – Does Evidence-Based Design (EBD) live up to its expectation?
May 15 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CDT
Much of our overall architectural profession has an artistic nature to it, as designers problem-solve to combine functional, technical and aspirational expression into built solutions. As healthcare architects we take our role of supporting and contributing to overall patient care very seriously. Our considerations are many, and we must respond to the varying operational and technical needs of a space to a campus, considering environmental issues, guided by our understanding of the needs and concerns of the patient, the care givers and the patient’s family/support. Creating supportive and effective environments and spaces is the challenge we embrace.
But how do we know what design elements and solutions are the most effective for our healthcare environments (or if we are doing harm)? Where is the evidence?
Evidence-Based Design (EBD) in healthcare has a wide range of sources of insight, from the early ideas of Florence Nightingale, to the catalytic study by Roger Ulrich in 1984 (re: window views and daylight’s impact on patient recovery), to the more recent work by the Center for Health Design and its Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) program, to the direct feedback and data of healthcare providers. The collection of EBD focused information, articles and post-occupancy evaluations are building a body of knowledge for the profession to leverage.
Join ACHA and the following speakers to discuss this timely topic.
This session has been approved for 1 LU|HSW. Additionally, 1 EDAC continuing education credit is available for self-reporting.
Date: Thursday, May 15
Time: 3pm Central, 4pm Eastern
Registration: https://kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/jZgIbcJoRVWkIc8bxcEmig
Speakers include:
Kirk Hamilton, Emeritus FAIA, Emeritus FACHA (Moderator)
Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University;
Founding Co-Editor, Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) Journal;
Founding Principal, WHR Architects (now EYP/Page);
PhD, MS, B.Arch, EDAC
Jennifer Aliber, FAIA, FACHA (Panelist)
Principal and Healthcare Architect and Planner at Shepley Bulfinch;
M.Arch., BA, LEED AP
Upali Nanda (Panelist)
Executive Vice President and Global Sector Director of Innovation, HKS, Inc.:
Professor of Practice, University of Michigan;
PhD, MA, B.Arch, EDAC
Ellen Taylor, AIA (Panelist)
Co-Editor, Health Environments Research & Design (HERD) Journal;
Vice President for Research, The Center for Health Design;
PhD, MBA, B.Arch, EDAC
Terri Zborowsky (Panelist)
Senior Design Researcher & Vice President at HGA Architects & Engineers;
Foundation Chair, Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design;
PhD, RN, EDAC