SmithGroup at 2024 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo
Connect with SmithGroup healthcare design experts and thought leaders at the upcoming 2024 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo in Indianapolis. HCD Conference + Expo aims to be a nexus for the latest research, trends and strategies for the healthcare design industry. Register through the conference website to attend.
Sunday, October 6
12:15 – 1:45 PM | Healthcare Design Magazine Awards Luncheon | Rising Star Awards
Toni Candanedo
Toni Candanedo, one of SmithGroup’s talented landscape designers, has been recognized as a Rising Star by Healthcare Design. Toni's expertise, vision, and ability to connect interior and exterior healing environments is advancing SmithGroup’s collective ability to design a better future for its healthcare partners. This honor celebrates individuals who have been involved in healthcare design for fewer than ten years but are poised to become the industry's next great innovators and leaders. Open to all attendees, the program will share details on the winners’ impressive achievements and celebrate another year of excellence in healthcare design.
2:00 – 3:00 PM | Capsule Clinic Goes Beyond Rural Barriers
Kaiwen Yang
Rural healthcare faces inequality, poor accessibility, and shortages in primary and mental health care. Telehealth technology has enabled the “capsule clinic” model, small community primary care facilities in Chinese villages. SmithGroup Architectural Designer Kaiwen Yang will explore how the Chinese capsule clinic model can be adapted to rural healthcare in the U.S., expanding access and offering innovation opportunities. Through case studies and comparative analysis, the proposed American capsule clinic prototype will demonstrate a kit-of-parts approach to address rural healthcare challenges, improving equity, accessibility and quality.
Monday, October 7
Taft Cleveland
The day two keynote will introduce the Nightingale Awards and the Walter B. Jones FAIA Excellence Award for Aspiring Healthcare Architects. It will feature a panel, “Nurturing the Next Generation of Talent to Innovate Health Equity,” presented by Healthcare Design and the Health Equity Design Collaborative, a group co-founded by SmithGroup’s Taft Cleveland, Dr. Tammy Thompson AIA (Patient Centered Design) and Espy Harper (LS3P) that seeks to eliminate health disparities through the utilization of a holistic and intersectional approach to healthcare. The discussion will include Taft and Dr. Thompson, as well as Roderic Walton FAIA, NOMA, NCARB (Moody Nolan), and David Allison FAIA, FACHA (Clemson University), moderated by Jen Silvis (Healthcare Design). The session will address challenges in diversifying healthcare design teams and provide actionable steps for healthcare designers to innovate health equity.
12:30 – 2:00 PM | ACHA Annual Luncheon
Vince Avallone will be formally elevated as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Architects. ACHA provides board certification to architects who have demonstrated expertise through a body of work and informed knowledge of healthcare design and processes based on a rigorous exam. It is the only specialty certification recognized by the American Institute of Architects and is also recognized by the American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA).
2:15 – 3:30 PM | Breaking Through Finale
The HCD Breaking Through conceptual design competition, focused on innovation, will bring SmithGroup and three other finalists to the stage for its final round. SmithGroup’s concept, The Decaf Hospital, addresses cost, equity, access, and quality of care amid climate change. The team includes Neil Abrams, Nuti Dave, Farimah Raisali, Cassidy Roberts, Nate Savage, and Siqi Zhu, with support from Vince Jaramillo, Virginia Rice, Brian Donovan, Abby Teibel, Wayne Barger, Erin McNamara, Y Pham, and Karthik Ramadurai. Finalists will present live, and the audience will vote for the $10,000 grand prize winner.
Tuesday, October 8
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Exceptional masterplan interior finish standards strive to reflect the client’s organization, value systems, maintenance criteria, and experiential and wellness goals. In this panel discussion, SmithGroup Senior Principal Alison Faecher will collaborate with fellow panelists from Leverage Design Group, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and Brigham and Women's Hospital to explore the benefits of long-term interior masterplan finish standards, keys to creating a successful framework, methods to ensure an inclusionary process, including review and rollout and best practices for long-term resilience and wellness.
2:30 – 3:30 PM | Procedures and Surgeries 101: Cardiovascular Campus Focused
Victoria Villareal
SmithGroup’s Architectural Designer Victoria Villareal will join Daniel Williams, Memorial Hermann Health System’s Lead Construction Project Manager, to delve into the complexities and specifics of procedure and operating rooms. The session will break down the basics of surgery and special procedure room typologies and key planning considerations for cardiovascular hospital programs. Attendees will gain insight into the critical aspects of spatial planning, including code and room naming implications, equipment and best practices in design.