Karen and I have a combined fifty years experience in practicing architecture,
interior design and interior sub-contracting. With this experience
comes real time knowledge. We have been delivering evidence-based
design before the term was coined.

What is evidence-based design and who cares anyway?
From The Center for Health Design we learn the definition as
“Evidence-Based Design is the process of basing decisions about the
built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcomes.”, and we should all care.

A properly designed space can make the difference resulting in markedly
improved healing outcomes, positive interaction with all parties
involved in the treatment of the patient, safer environments, improved
apperance retention and better product life cycle cost results,
thereby saving money, and lots of it too.

Here’s the challenge; educating the client. In many instances,
unfortunately, personal desires and or tastes override what research has
proved. Egos, schedules, budgets and all the typical impediments to
the creation of a well designed project can result in wasted money,
inefficient work flow, intense maintenance procedures with poorer
appearance retention, and diminished environmental
satifaction for patient, guests, and employees.

Environment matters. Research supports EVB. Now all we have to do is
educate, educate, educate. Karen is currently obtaining her Masters
Degree in Healthcare Design and Healing Environments at
Arizona State University. And I continue my quest with boots on the ground
to share what we have learned in the real world to effect positive
outcomes with our clients and their projects.

Stay tuned, as we are currently working on an EBD project which will be posted
on our website soon.

We will persevere.

Our goal is your success