Shirlo Selvam
Ressurecting Arcadian ideals to enhance Public Health
For many of us who know 'Utopia' by Sir Thomas Moore and every Architect who followed his footsteps trying to recreate it, Arcadia might...
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Alexus Davis
Boombox Chicago!
Boombox Chicago is Chicago’s first shipping container pop-up shop created by Latent Design. These photos were taken directly from the...
Shirlo Selvam
'The Last leaf' and its restorative nature
“It is the last one,” said Johnsy. “I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall...
Alexus Davis
Child's Day of Play!
One of our weekly assignments was to visit Millennium Park and document our experience, and reflect on how the park can be a therapeutic...
Alexus Davis
Museums in a Hospital?
Northwestern Memorial: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital http://www.scb.com/project/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital/...
Luz Upegui
Nursing Shortage, is it [still] a thing?
As we have been studying up to take the EDAC exam and become certified, we have come across some interesting findings. With...
Lena Reiff
See Jane See - Why Women are more Susceptible to Vision Loss
Because its Women's Month and because we are preparing for our tour of the Northwestern Labor and Delivery Center I have decided to...
Lena Reiff
Gentrification - The War on Urban Cultures
Recently we had a design pin-up which involved inviting both design as well as healthcare individuals from surrounding firms to come in...
Luz Upegui
Gun Violence Epidemic
It is a tragedy, continually seeing these mass shootings on the news. Losing our youth changes our future. So many are affected by the...
Wait time in EDs
Have you ever sat in pain in an ED for a few hours just waiting to be treated? For those who have, know how stressful and unpleasant this...
Decentralization of healthcare
What is the future of healthcare? After talking to various healthcare professionals through the various courses taken up this semester,...
Xianchao Wang
Affordable Housing in China
In 1998, China’s government ended direct housing distribution to employees through the employer-based system and introduced a Housing...
The frequent fliers of EDs
In our visit to this newly renovated Emergency Department facility at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, we...
Eliminate waiting rooms?
Sitting at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System cafeteria, in conversation with Dr Amit Arwindekar on the newly...
Alexus Davis
UIC ED
Privacy & Security in the ED at UIC During our visit to the new emergency department at University of Illinois hospital system, I felt...
Alex Rasky
Light Exercise Benefits
It has frequently been recommended that adults get 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity exercise each week. However, according to the CDC only...
Xianchao Wang
Plant Chicago
In our proposal of the studio project, we planned to convert the existing St. Anthony’s Hospital into an urban farm. By doing that,...
Lena Reiff
Lava Mae - Changing Homelessness one shower at a time.
While working on our designs for the Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago we have highlighted some of the major issues within the...
Alexus Davis
Transinstitutionalization
How the Deconstruction of Mental Hospitals have Impacted the Mentally Ill ST ITA’S HOSPITAL, PORTRANE Before the creation of the Mental...
Luz Upegui
Where to draw the line?
The education system in Chicago is at a downfall, with 54 schools planning to shutdown to hopefully revive the system. But now what?...
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