Lobby Banner (Source: NK Architects + DCC Design Group)Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset is transforming their nationally recognized Eating Disorders Program into a state-of-the-art inpatient unit. EDU Welcome (Source: NK Architects) - Phase 1 Open When complete, the newly... View full entry

“Designing a Healing Mental Health Campus to create an Accessible Continuum of Compassionate Care” Presented at the European Healthcare Congress in London, UK Historically patients with long term mental illness have been warehoused away from the local population. Driven by stigma, lack of... View full entry

"Departing from the institutionalized care of the past, architects are designing behavioral health hospitals, clinics, and specialized environments that better reflect the needs of patients and staff." from: www.aia.org/articles/6120749-a-new-era-dawns-in-behavioral-health-desig Photographer: Joe... View full entry

Source: The works of Jeremy Bentham vol. IV, 172-3, 1843 (originally 1791); Referenced also by Hunt-SineBEHAVIORAL HEALTH - STRATEGIC FACILITY DESIGN INNOVATIONS THAT IMPROVE TREATMENT OUTCOMES, SAFETY AND THE BOTTOM LINE  Following is an excerpt from a synopsis written for the Center for Health... View full entry

Invisible Wounds

La Biennale di Venezia (PREVIEW TO AUGUST ARTICLE)Soon we will be visiting the 2018 Biennale Architecttura 2018 in Venice....  soon we will be wandering through the garden of international pavilions at the Arsenale, where architects, designers, thinkers, and creators from all around the... View full entry

TEDXpordenone Aldo Cibic - Rethinking Happiness

URBAN DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY WELLBEING REDESIGNING TOKYO ____________________________________ TOKYO, August 1, 2017 @urbandesignmh      #udmhtokyo “By 2050 two thirds of the global population will live in cities. Urban health and wellbeing is increasingly becoming part of the remit of urban... View full entry