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Children in conventional hospital rooms will tell you that they are frustrated and demoralized by a lack of control and by a sense of disconnectedness from their lives beyond the hospital. Noise and medical equipment are distracting and demoralizing. Floor plans often make it awkward for encumbered patients to perform basic activities – such as bathroom visits – without embarrassment and loss of dignity.
Parents say that most rooms provide poor accommodations for long visits. The rooms are cramped, with little privacy, and lack a way for parents to maintain contact with their professional and home lives.
To address these issues, we conducted a two-year study of the hospital experience of long-duration pediatric patients and their families. After listening intently to both groups, our designers became convinced that rooms must provide a better quality of life for all involved.
To solve such a complex challenge, we approached this problem with a characteristic mix of deep research, technical sophistication and creative design. The design of these special rooms will have a revolutionary effect on the future of all patient room settings: where comfort, control and the ability to connect with life outside the hospital, is a desired outcome. Simply put: these rooms offer the comfort of a five star hotel in an intense medical environment.
The overall results of these patient rooms were to take them into the realm of design solutions that increased the quality of life and for the first time an environment centered on patient care.
DESIGN TEAM & SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS
Chuck Knight Design Principal
John Spohn Designer
Elizabeth Humes Designer
Jerry Worrell Designer
Greg Lecker Lighting Designer
Al Allmon Mechanical Engineer
Loren Sposito Audio Visual Consultant
Knoll Studio Furniture and Fabric Donation
JTH Lighting Alliance Lighting
Steelcase Design Partnership Furniture
Domus Design Collection - NY Furniture
Kraus Anderson Construction
Voelker Patient Bed
Modular Services Patient Headwall
University of MN - Fairview Project Manager
Bread & Butter Video Production
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