Monday, 14 December 2009
Principals Jennifer Aliber and Angela Watson discuss the creation of therapeutic environments in their contribution to the new book, Design for Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach by Kirk Hamilton and Mardelle Shepley. Jennifer and Angela discuss the impact of evidence-based design on patient safety and the quality of care in acute-care facilities.
The book was published by Architectural Press, an imprint of Elsevier, in September.
Book listing on Elsevier website
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Tags: acute care, angela watson, bronson methodist hospital, design for critical care, evidence-based design, jennifer aliber, kirk hamilton, mardelle shepley
26 June 2009
Design and Health: 6th World Congress and Exhibition, Singapore
Angela Watson, Shepley Bulfinch
Mardelle Shepley, Center for Health Systems and Design
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design research | events | healthcare
Tags: angela watson, community hospital, daylighting, mardelle shepley, teaching hospital, world health design
Monday, 20 April 2009
Shepley Bulfinch turned its design research lens on itself with the publication of a post-occupancy evaluation of the firm’s office in Boston in the Journal of Interior Design.
The evaluation, which was conducted a year after the firm occupied its new space in January 2006, indicated that the design significantly increased staff satisfaction and met the project’s primary design intentions. Interviews were conducted with the project’s design team and staff members.
The article, which was co-authored by Mardelle Shepley, Mary Boggess, and You Jin Lee of Texas A&M, and Kelly Zimmerman of Shepley Bulfinch, appeared ...[more]
Posted in: civic & corporate work | design research | news | publications
Tags: innovations in office design, journal of interior design, mardelle shepley, post-occupancy evaluation
Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Angela Watson, in an article co-authored with Mardelle Shepley, Raymond Gerbi, and Stephen Imgrund, disucusses the research and methodology behind the decision to introduce daylight into the ICUs at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. The article appears in the April 2009 issue of World Health Design.
Full text of article
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Tags: angela watson, concord hospital, mardelle shepley, world health design