Healthcare Design - August 2021 - 45

WELCOME
H
TO THE 2021 HEALTHCARE
DESIGN SHOWCASE
EALTHCARE DESIGNERS RELY on evidence, best practice, and lots of lessons
learned to shape new projects, but the mark of true success is how
well all of that is adapted and applied to the unique needs of a specifi c
client, program, and patient population/building users. Within this 21st
annual Design Showcase, you'll fi nd 48 examples of how project teams approached
that challenge.
This special section features projects ranging from acute care hospitals and
cancer centers to sports medicine facilities and wellness centers, each offering
an inside look at how teams navigated the planning, design, and construction
process to meet a healthcare organization's goals. And no one project or solution
is the same-just look at the winners of our Award of Merit (the program's highest
honor). Within those four projects, you'll fi nd a clinic prototype adaptable to
various sites, an underground space renovated into a futuristic surgical training
lab, a 2 million-square-foot campus broken down into modular components, and
a patient tower that pushes the boundaries on outdoor space. Collectively, the
Design Showcase projects add to the industry's well of knowledge for all to use as
you continue to push healthcare design forward.
All submissions to the Design Showcase were reviewed by a jury of industry
professionals appointed by our partner organizations-The Center for Health
Design, International Interior Design Association, and American Society of Interior
Designers-and judged based on achievements in the categories of Innovation,
Aesthetics, Experience, and Operational Performance. The projects that
received the highest scores in the fi rst round of review advanced to a virtual judging
event held this spring, during which our jury chose the fi nalist projects that
would rise to Honorable Mention and Award of Merit winners. Turn the page to
view a list of those jury members as well as our winners and finalists. Then, explore
the full Design Showcase special section for editorial coverage of the program
and submitted project narratives.
We hope you enjoy the issue and can't wait to see how it inspires projects to
come.-Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, editor-in-chief
Healthcare Design Showcase projects are chosen for inclusion by a jury of industry professionals, based
on a rigorous review of submissions that assess cost, square footage, location, facility type, and other key
factors that support photos and fl oor plans. Jurors are excluded from reviewing projects that they or their
fi rms were involved with; jurors who are associated with projects in the fi nalist round are not permitted to
vote for winners. Firms pay a small entry fee for consideration; those whose projects are accepted pay an
additional publication fee based on the number of pages they choose to use. The text beginning on page
64 comes directly from the submitting fi rms and is not vetted by the editors of Healthcare Design. Projects
not accepted by the jury are not published.
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