2024-05-03T04:51:51-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149934807/the-designers-reinventing-a-visit-to-planned-parenthood Nicholas Korody 2016-03-15T14:26:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jw/jwuvqk0od689ntb2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Amid the controversy that perpetually surrounds Planned Parenthood, it's easy to forget that the nonprofit organization is, first and foremost, a health care provider. It is the largest provider of sex education in the United States. Every year, 2.5 million people&mdash;men and women&mdash;visit its health centers for care and information. It administers life-saving cancer-screening tests and offers contraception. In some states, it's the only abortion provider...</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>"</em><em>In 2014, Planned Parenthood embarked on an ambitious collaboration with the global design consultancy Ideo to hatch plans that would help the nonprofit do what it does best: care for patients."</em></p><p>For more design responses to public health challenges, check out these links:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/148270911/turning-the-ugliest-building-in-liverpool-into-an-exemplar-of-public-health" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turning the &ldquo;ugliest building in Liverpool&rdquo; into an exemplar of public health</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/94425539/the-architecture-of-abortion-clinics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Architecture of Abortion Clinics</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102781417/debating-abortion-rights-and-free-speech-on-the-sidewalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debating abortion rights and free speech on the sidewalk</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/148437202/should-the-children-of-flint-be-resettled" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should the children of Flint be resettled?</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/146755050/more-and-more-people-are-dying-as-a-result-of-air-pollution-in-england" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More and more people are dying as a result of air pollution in England</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/94425539/the-architecture-of-abortion-clinics Alexander Walter 2014-02-26T15:28:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/tp/tpqzdng9jpxzati8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Though abortion and the legal disputes that often surround it are visible media topics, abortion clinics are often pushed to the fringes of communities where access is the most crucial. But what if they were integrated into the mainstream of our everyday space: clinics in malls, clinics on military bases, clinics on high school campuses, and open access to preventative care?</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>Lori Brown explores this topic in her book </em>Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women&rsquo;s Shelters and Hospitals <em>and delves into politics and architecture and how they manufacture landscapes with regard to reproductive healthcare access. </em></p><p>Brown, an architect herself, will be giving a <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/event/contested_spaces_abortion_clinics_womens_shelters_a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">public lecture</a> about researching abortion clinics tonight in New York at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.</p>