HEALTH & THE CITY

"So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals"- Genesis 2:20. Similar to the ways early man...

Our area of interest for this semester's design project is the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. Within this community resides the Cook...

As we have started to think about healthcare design and had the opportunity to visit a few different healthcare centers, I have started...

On our trip to Mt. Sinai hospital we were able to have the experience of visiting one of the patient room floors. This was a huge eye...

Katherine Darnstadt, head of Latent Design, met with us today to discuss her companies branches of work. The company does architectural,...

Heartland Community Health Center Located at 1300 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, this health center is the only one in the state of...

What does Iron man and Emergency entrance bays in hospitals have in common? We see Tony stark trying really hard to somehow reveal the...

Is there room in the Architecture Profession for the Socio - Political Architect? Latent Design - Katherine Darnstadt - Tactical Leverage...

Healthcare centers and hospitals have a myriad of programs within the facility. This makes the architectural planning of the hospitals...

Melanie Evans writes about hospitals losing patients for ambulatory care or outpatient clinics. It’s not economically sustainable for...

The Illinois Medical District (IMD) is a 560-acre medical campus which has research facilities, two universities, labs and a biotech...

After meeting with Mr. Erik Andersen, Principal, Forum Studio in their Chicago Office, we headed with him to the Cook County Health &...

In design we have various standards and guidelines for the buildings and spaces we design. When it comes to healthcare in correctional...

Scenario X: You have known for a while now that your dad was going in for a scheduled knee surgery, a procedure that should follow...

In order to design at our site in west Chicago we had to do a little bit of research on the area. We also started to look into different...

The Sinai Health Systems work with the mission of improving the health of individuals and the communities around. They serve about 20...

We had a firm visit to the Forum Studio in their Chicago office.  The office was located at the most iconic intersection of Downtown...

July 4th, 2017 was the best summer of my life not having to battle a 46 deg Celsius heat wave like I used to India until 2016. I was in...