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ON INDUSTRY TRENDS
I'm excited to see
research take an
increasingly prominent role
in our design work.
Research helps us
understand what is effective
and why, so we can
re-create positive outcomes
and steer away from
approaches that don't help
our clients reach their goals.

Vertically slatted
wood partitions,
which are used to
separate space but leave
some sort of transparency between them. They
remind me of my parent's
basement, and I don't
care to see that aesthetic
come back.

F AV O R I T E C I T Y T O V I S I T
Paris, although it's been too long ...

W H AT D R E W Y O U T O A C A R E E R
I N H E A LT H C A R E D E S I G N ?

S C O T T L I N D VA L L

F AV O R I T E ...
Q U O T E "Good is the enemy of great."-James C.
Collins, an American business consultant. It takes a lot of
discipline to push beyond
good and get to great
solutions.
S P O R T Football. My
favorite team is the Green
Bay Packers. A game
at Lambeau Field is a
quintessential football
experience.
SOCIAL MEDIA
O U T L E T I'm horrible
with social media. I'm on
Facebook but have never posted anything.
S N A C K W H E N Y O U T R AV E L Girl Scout Cookies.
My daughters are Girl Scouts, so I "have" to buy
cookies from both and end up taking a sleeve almost
everywhere.
I C E C R E A M F L AV O R Butter Pecan, but in Wisconsin
custard trumps ice cream.
H O B B Y I used to love to draw, but it seems home repair
has replaced it.
B O O K "Made to Stick," by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
They tell so many pertinent stories about creativity and
communication that I find
myself reiterating them
often.
BAND/MUSICAL
A R T I S T U2.
MOVIE CHARACTER
Han Solo. There was
never a dull moment when
he was in a scene.
WEEKEND
A C T I V I T Y Family bike
rides. We live close to a
great trail system.

Vice president, healthcare
principal, HGA,
Milwaukee

SCOTT LINDVALL spent the first decade of his architecture career
working on a variety of project
types, including churches, schools,
museums, pharmaceutical manufacturing
plants, and banks. In 1999, he joined HGA and
began focusing exclusively on healthcare design. While he admits there was a steep learning
curve, Lindvall enjoyed the technical complexities inherent to this sector and the collaboration
between designers, builders, local and state authorities, and care providers. Still, it wasn't until he was asked to represent his project team at
the opening of a Level 2 neonatal intensive care
unit renovation that he understood his work is
about more than architecture. "The project's
lead champion stood up and thanked everyone
for their hard work to make his dream a reality.
Then he said, 'I just can't help but think about all
the other babies we could have saved if we had
this unit earlier,'" Lindvall says. "That's when it
struck me that this wasn't just a project. We have
a unique opportunity to influence, and sometimes save, lives."-Anne DiNardo

The technology in healthcare is ever-changing, which
means that design solutions must constantly respond to
that. For example, major medical equipment is becoming
more precise, faster, and sometimes smaller, which can impact cooling loads and has a domino effect on the building
and systems design. Layer in almost-constant code updates
and significant changes in healthcare reimbursement, and
you get an amazingly dynamic industry.

W H AT WA S Y O U R F I R S T P R O J E C T ?
The replacement of St. Mary's Hospital in Rhinelander,
Wis., which is now part of Ascension.

W H AT L E S S O N D I D Y O U L E A R N
O N T H AT P R O J E C T T H AT Y O U
S T I L L C A R R Y W I T H Y O U T O D AY ?
That completing a successful healthcare project requires a
dedicated team of designers and builders who work with
the owner to do what's best for the project. I try to foster a
collaborative approach on all the projects I work on.

THREE ITEMS ON
YOUR DESK

1 model of a Sesame
Street lamp

2 small Lego motorcycle set. (I ride
a real one, and my daughters
think it's funny that I have a Lego
version, too.)

3 package of blueberry Pop-Tarts
(for emergency use only)

D O G O R C AT ?
T H R E E W O R D S T H AT D E S C R I B E
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COFFEE OR TEA?
Coffee. My wife got me hooked on it long ago.

MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT
OWL?
Night owl, but I force myself to get up early.
LINDVALL IS SERVING AS PROJECT PRINCIPAL ON AURORA HEALTH
CARE'S SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER IN KOHLER, WIS.,
E XPECTED TO OPEN IN MARCH 2021.

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-Will Rogers

BEER, WINE, OR LIQUOR?
Beer. I live in Milwaukee, after all.

HGA (AURORA HEALTH)

1 intentional
2 inviting
3 modern

Dog, but mine behaves like a cat.
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