Healthcare Design - November 2018 - 9

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Hank Adams

GRAND FINALE

Our conceptual design competition is coming
to a close-and a winner will soon be named
By Jennifer Kovacs Silvis
IT'S HARD to believe that this time last year, our team

was putting the finishing touches on an unprecedented announcement from Healthcare Design.
After years of internal conversations and feedback
from industry members, we decided it was time to
do something in response to the theory that innovation in healthcare design was stalled. So I took the
stage at the 2017 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference last November to share the first details available for our new conceptual design competition,
Breaking Through.
What a difference a year makes.
At the time, we weren't sure what was going to happen. We didn't know if the
industry would embrace the challenge presented: Throw out the usual project
rules and restrictions-codes, budgets, schedules-to develop an innovative
design solution that answers a challenge anticipated in the future delivery of
healthcare. But you did.
In all, 43 concepts were submitted to the program from firms and students.
Next, we put those projects in the hands of an amazing jury of innovative design leaders who vetted them meticulously, teasing out only what they felt
were the most innovative solutions brought to the table.
That was no small task, either. The projects were impressive. They also
shared many similarities, with themes emerging regarding the challenges
identified as well as the types of solutions created.
The most common challenge addressed in the concepts was access to care
and how to bring healthcare directly to users. Ideas for personalized, ondemand services were common, which leveraged technology, especially artificial intelligence, in numerous ways. We saw transportable care solutions, too,
relying on drones, pods, and self-guided vehicles to deliver services.
Construction was also innovated. Concepts often embraced modular,
adaptable systems that can be customized to whatever the need might be.
These solutions were very "plug and play"-with buildings frequently assembled more than constructed.
In the end, though, our jury identified two concepts that they felt were
strong enough to make it to the next phase. And that's where you come in.
I hope you're joining us at this month's HCD Expo & Conference in Phoenix,
where we've dedicated a general session to Breaking Through (2-3:15 p.m.,
Monday, Nov. 12). Our finalist teams-representing AECOM and HDR-will
present their concepts live. The audience will then vote for their favorite via
a polling app, and the winner will be named right there on stage-and receive
the grand prize of $10,000.
We're so excited to see what the finalists have up their sleeves, and who will
win the cash. And don't worry if you can't make it-we'll have lots of coverage
in print and online in December. 

Wayne Barger
Carolyn BaRoss
Jody Barry

PERKINS+WILL

ADVENTIST CARE CENTERS

Jeffrey Brand
Sam Burnette

HDR

SMITHGROUP

PERKINS EASTMAN

EARL S WENSSON ASSOCIATES

Sheila F. Cahnman
JUMPG ARDEN CONSULTING LLC

Thomas W. Chessum

CO ARCHITECTS

James Crispino
G ENSLER

Christine Hester Devens
Mary Frazier

AECOM

EWINGCOLE

Jocelyn Lum Frederick
HC TANG RAM DESIGN

Catherine L. Gow

F RANCIS CAUFFMAN

Natalie Miovski Hagerty
THE CHILDREN'S HOS PITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Laurel Harrison

STANTEC

Suzen L. Heeley
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER

Scott Holmes
Walter Jones

BWBR

METROHEALTH SYSTEM

Julie Kent

TRINITY HEALTH

Bryan Langlands
Michael Lied
Jain Malkin

G BBN ARCHITECTS
J AIN MALKIN INC.

Mike McKay
Victoria Navarro

NBBJ

UW HEALTH

ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH

Don Orndoff

KAISER PERMANENTE

Diane R.K. Osan
Chris Powers
Andrew Quirk

CANNONDESIGN

HCA HEALTHCARE

S KANSKA USA BUILDING

Pamela H. Redden
HKS INC.

William D. Repichowskyj
E4H ARCHITECTURE

Kim Shinn
TLC ENGINEERING FOR ARCHITECTURE

Janet H. Sisolak
UT MD ANDERS ON CANCER CENTER

Karl R. Sonnenberg
ZIMMER GU NS UL F RASCA ARCHITECTS LLP

Kurt Spiering
Steve Stokes

HGA

G RESHAM SMITH

Jeffrey C. Stouffer

HKS INC.

Paul E. Strohm
Jocelyn Stroupe

Joshua A. Theodore
Travis Tyson

HOK

CANNONDESIGN
LEO A DALY

CLEVELAND CLINIC

Roger S. Ulrich
CHALMERS UNIVERS ITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Gary L. Vance

VANCE CONSULTING

NOVEMBER 2018

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