Sunrise Children’s hospital staff review reference images with Victoria Numbers of Four Point Design.
For a healthcare facility kicking off a new project, the beginning of the design process is an exciting and important moment. It’s a time when your users are envisioning possibilities and imagining how their ideal future environments will look and function.
To capture those aspirations and establish the design approach for our clients’ spaces, Four Point Design leads visioning sessions that engage clinical and facilities personnel, hospital administration, and members of the design team.
Four Point Design recently led such a session for Sunrise Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. Four Point Design is providing interior design, furniture, signage and artwork consulting services for the hospital’s 100,000-square-foot patient tower renovation, working with architect Devenney Group Ltd., and engineer, WSP, whose team members also participated in the session.
This session allows Four Point Design to share reference images and invite feedback on which concepts resonate. That feedback—along with a site walk and facilitated discussions—helps establish a design philosophy that is woven through the project.
Hospital staff reviewing images with Jamie Raymond of Four Point Design.
“It’s fulfilling and fun to lead this exercise with our clients,” said Jamie Raymond, RID, EDAC, LEED AP, partner at Four Point Design. “The visioning activity engages stakeholders and inspires us as designers. We all leave the exercise aligned and energized to create a space that’s on-point for the hospital, its staff, and the community.”
While some projects already have established design standards, visioning sessions are ideal for clients who are taking a fresh look at their facility or interested in a new direction. The resulting spaces are meaningful to the participants, not only because they fit the desired aesthetic, but because the stakeholders had ownership in helping curate their environment.
In addition to informing the look and feel of the facility, visioning sessions have another benefit—they help build rapport and camaraderie between the design team, facility teams, user groups, and hospital administration. That team connection is critical to strong project partnerships.
“We know our clients’ time is valuable,” said Victoria Numbers, RID, MSIA, CHID, partner at Four Point Design. “We are grateful they take time out of patient care commitments to envision their future project.”