The winners for the Small Hospital, Big Idea Competition are Aditazz and Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch/ Perkins+Will (M+NLB). According to the Kaiser Permanente (KP) website, the winners were chosen for designs that: Create spaces to inspire human-to-human connection and collaboration Include civic spaces that blur the boundaries between the community and the traditional hospital setting Bring nature … Continue reading »
Winners announced! Friday March 23rd. Check out their designs here! Tell me what you think of them!
Update: As I wait for the winner to be announced, I’ve been perusing the shortlist proposals for the competition. I’ve found some of the modular proposals interesting, like a bit of a return to the hospitals of the 1970s, like the McMaster University Medical Centre. Most of them focused on the ability of technology to … Continue reading »
So the Small Hospital, Big Idea competition announced the finalists. I was waiting to post on it before I saw the images of the winners but there’s a caveat on their site that says “images will be posted shortly,” and that’s been there for 2 days. Looking forward to the winning entries. I hope they post the … Continue reading »
I didn’t have the time to participate in this design competition from Kaiser Permanente, a health care providing organization, entitled “Small Hospital, Big Idea,” but I’m really looking forward to the results. The design competition seeks: “seeks design concepts for a small, eco-conscious, patient- and family-friendly hospital that uses the best in emerging medical technology … Continue reading »
