“If I were to sum this discussion up in 1 bullet point, it’d be ‘decision-making.’” says our fabrication manager Parke MacDowell #mockups #healthcaredesign #thinktank2018 @MetropolisMag
— PAYETTE (@PAYETTEpeople) August 8, 2018
This week we hosted Metropolis Magazine for a Think Tank event at our office. The topic, Mockups and Community Engagement in Healthcare Design, was discussed by a distinguished panel of healthcare professionals from Boston hospitals and healthcare architects, including PAYETTE Senior Associate Susan Blomquist.
Shout-out to @PAYETTE @MetropolisMag for the #allfemalepanel on Mock-Ups in Healthcare today 🙌 @karenelainer #architecture
— Gabriela B (@GabrielaBaierle) August 9, 2018
Moderated by Susan S. Szenasy, Director of Design Innovation at Metropolis, the conversation explored how mockups contribute to and are affected by the communities of staff, medical professionals, families and patients that populate high-performing hospitals and care facilities. Thanks to the breadth of the discussion and range of expertise offered by each of the panelists, the Think Tank offered a range of perspectives, including some great observations from the audience.
“Mockups have been helpful to our project because every person involved has been able to provide feedback…we’ve been able to involve members of the community we didn’t even think of beforehand.” Cheryl Poppe @ChelseaSOHO #ThinkTank2018
— Metropolis Magazine (@MetropolisMag) August 8, 2018
‘Inclusive decision-making’ …the best kind. Great discussion highlighting the power of collaboration with all stakeholders and the power of cardboard boxes! @MetropolisMag @PAYETTEpeople https://t.co/3V5laf1OU7
— Jennifer Hardy (@JenHardyAIA) August 9, 2018
Mockups and Community Engagement in Healthcare Design
The healthcare space is rapidly expanding and evolving technologically, subsequently calling for the development of new, more personalized design solutions. Using architectural mockups, architects and designers can engineer impermanent, to-scale models that core users and communities can engage and provide critical insights to ensure the design is accessible and aligned with client and project needs. Drawing on projects of different scales and serving different populations, this panel explored what we can learn from mockups and how they can be leveraged to advance design in healthcare.
Panelists:
Susan Blomquist, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate, PAYETTE
Cheryl Poppe, Superintendent, Chelsea Soldiers’ Home
Michelle McGrory, Senior Nursing Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jane Venti, Executive Director, Satellite Administrative Operations, Boston Children’s Hospital
Moderated by:
Susan S. Szenasy, Director of Design Innovation, Metropolis magazine
Related links:
PAYETTE + Metropolis Think Tank
We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Green Good Design Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—Land’s Sake Farm and The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
“Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and works to develop a public awareness program that informs the general public about which global companies are doing the best job in ecological and sustainable design for our world. Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design projects from over 30 nations were honored with the 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN Award.”
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