A trip to the Emergency Department is stressful for patients, particularly for children. At a time that feels tense and chaotic, how can architects contribute to easing a child’s experience? PAYETTE partnered with Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and its Family Advisory Council to bring a multi-media tool to the pediatric Emergency Department experience. This project demonstrates how architecture firms can stretch their skills to enhance and promote well-being among our community’s most vulnerable members. Join PAYETTE and MGHfC to celebrate the premiere of “Wendy’s Welcome to the ED.” Hear from the creative team behind the video and the medical staff who are using it with their patients.
Last month we launched “You Are Here: Wendy’s Welcome to the ED” with MGHfC and this month we are thrilled to share the process behind this project and some of the impact the pediatric ED staff is already seeing.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Boston Society of Architects
290 Congress Street, Harbor Room
Interested in joining us to celebrate “Wendy’s Welcome to the ED”? Get in touch.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.