Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
The public is invited to learn the latest developments in health care and healthcare facilities design at the Fall 2010 Architecture-For-Health Lecture Series at Texas A&M's College of Architecture.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are scheduled for 11:45 a.m. on Wednesdays in the Wright Gallery, located on the second floor of the Langford Architecture Center’s building A on the Texas A&M campus.
The series, advised by the Texas A&M Health Science Center, is co-sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the CHSD Health Industry Advisory Council, the Student Health Environments Association, Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture, the Texas A&M College of Architecture and the Department of Architecture.
Sept. 1
"A Rural Hospital for Tanzania" — presented by Walter Orzechowski, executive director of the Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program in Dodgeville, Wis. and Father Paul Fagan, a Roman Catholic priest who has served the people of the Nkololo area of the District of Bariadi, Shinyanga region in Tanzania through the Roads to Life Tanzania, Inc. organization for the past 50 years.
WCAP champions the causes of low-income citizens of five Wisconsin counties; Roads to Life Tanzania is an organization that continues Fagan's ongoing charitable work, concentrating on education and medical treatment for the poor as well as road construction and maintenance.
Orzechowski and Father Fagan will present their vision for an expansion of a hospital Roads to Life operates in Tanzania. Design students will develop the vision into models and drawings this semester.
Sept. 8
"The Challenges of the Years Ahead: Leadership in Focusing on Public Health Priorities Nationally and Internationally" — presented by Craig Blakely, dean of the School of Rural Public Health at Texas A&M's Health Science Center. The school's mission is to improve the health of communities, with emphasis on rural and underserved populations, through education, research, service, outreach and creative partnerships.
Sept. 13
"Appropriate Rural Health Facililites" — presented by Philip John Mein, principal emeritus at Corgan Associates in Dallas. He has led the design and construction of rural hospitals in Africa, and is the author of "Rural Medical Buildings in East Africa."
Sept. 15
"The Need for Leadership in Health Care Facilities on the African Continent," presented by Eric M. Bost, Texas A&M's vice president for global initiatives. Bost is providing leadership for the university’s international programs, which operate formal research agreements with more than 125 institutions in 45 countries. Prior to his position with Texas A&M, Bost was appointed as U.S. ambassador to South Africa by president George W. Bush. He served from July 2006 through January 2009.
Sept. 22
"Leadership Through Collaboration: The Design of the Texas A&M Health Science Center" — presented by Nancy Dickey vice chancellor for health affairs and president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and Ed Huckaby '73, FAIA, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture and senior principal and senior project designer at FKP Architects.
Dickey writes for a number of medical and health policy journals, speaks frequently at professional and civic organizations around the U.S. and the world, and is an editor for both an online and print journal. She served as the first female president of the American Medical Association in 1998-99.
Huckaby has been involved in the master planning, programming and design of numerous medical center campuses with projects ranging from $20-$350 million.
Sept. 29
"Healthcare Delivery: Can We Afford Not to be a Lean Leader?" — presented by Charles Greco '78, president and chief executive officer of the Linbeck Group, LLC. An outstanding alumnus of the College of Architecture, Greco places a high priority on promoting the benefits of collaboration, ensuring workplace safety, supporting industry education, and generating corporate growth and opportunity. He has directed the completion of numerous high-profile projects, including Space Center Houston (1992), the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art (2003) and the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (2009).
Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.
"Health and Environmental Needs of the Elderly: The Viewpoint from the National Institute on Aging" — will be presented by Marie Bernard, deputy director of the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. Her research interests include nutrition and function in aging populations, with particular emphasis upon ethnic minorities. She has a long-standing interest in comparative effectiveness research, having served as a reviewer for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research and a reviewer for the Department of Veterans Affairs Scientific Review Committee, Health Services Research and Development Service.
Oct. 6
"Designing for Children" — presented by Teresa Sword, senior project manager at Silverman Construction Program Management. She has extensive experience designing the interiors of children's hospitals.
Oct. 13
"Case Examples of Leadership in Forming a Global Health Practice" — presented by Ronald Skaggs '65, FAIA, chairman emeritus at HKS Inc., and Joseph Sprague '70, FAIA, senior vice president and director of health facilities for HKS. Both are outstanding alumni of Texas A&M's College of Architecture. HKS is a leading international firm with 24 offices around the globe.
Skaggs has been actively engaged in the design of more than 650 architectural projects, primarily in the health facilities sector, and he serves as HKS' principal-in-charge of various healthcare projects.
Sprague serves as health facilities principal and technical advisor on various healthcare projects for HKS. His work has been widely published, and he's a frequent consultant, faculty speaker, and lecturer in health facility planning, design, and construction. He is currently president of the American College of Healthcare Architects.
Skaggs and Sprague are both past presidents of the American Institute of Architects' Academy of Architecture for Health.
Oct. 20
"Leadership: A Collaborative Case Study — Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas" — presented by David Watkins, FAIA, chairman and president of WHR Architects, and Michael Cluff '96, associate principal at Kohn Pederson Fox, an international practice headquartered in New York.
WHR Architects serves clients in healthcare, education and science and technology through an emphasis on research and evaluation, participatory process and applied innovation.
Kohn Pederson Fox's portfolio, which spans more than 35 countries, includes a wide range of projects from civic and cultural spaces to office, hotel and residential buildings to educational and laboratory facilities. Cluff earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M in 1996.
Oct. 27
"Leadership in Building an International Practice: Project Case Studies" — presented by L. Bradford Perkins, FAIA, co-founder and chairman of Perkins Eastman Architects.
Perkins experience has made him a firm-wide resource on planning, feasibility programming and project management. He is the author of more than 80 articles and book chapters as well as five textbooks on a variety of architectural and planning topics. His award-winning portfolio has been recognized for contributing to design excellence and has been featured in numerous publications.
Nov. 3
"Importance of Collaboration Between the Design and Building Professions" — presented by Karl Sonnenberg, partner at ZGF Architects LLP. His varying roles as partner-in-charge, project manager, senior urban designer and medical planner have enhanced his ability to work with complex user groups and diverse constituencies at academic medical centers like Oregon Health and Science University or for health care providers such as Kaiser Permanente and Providence Health System. He focuses on translating operational and facility needs into flexible, healing environments that are sensitive to the needs of both patients and staff.
Nov. 10
"The Future of Healthcare Architecture" — presented by Craig Beale '71, FAIA, executive vice president and healthcare group director at HKS, Inc. and an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M's College of Architecture. Beale has directed the HKS healthcare group since 2000, producing more healthcare construction than any other U.S. firm. He has lectured to over 3,000 practitioners on topics ranging from emergency and cancer center design to health facilities of the next century.
Nov. 17
"Healthcare Advanced Technology: Leadership and Innovation" — presented by Bill Rostenberg, FAIA, principal and director of research for Anshen + Allen, a Boston-based architectural practice focusing on healthcare, academic and research buildings.
A health planner and architect, Rostenberg's leadership in the design of medical imaging and ambulatory care facilities is reflected in his 2006 book, "The Architecture of Medical Imaging." He provides design teams with expert advice on diagnostic and treatment facilities, taking into account rapidly advancing technology.
Dec. 1
"Leading the co-creation process: Research and Practice in the Dynamics of Making Critical Healthcare Design Decisions" — presented by Tye Farrow, a senior partner of Farrow Partnership Architects Inc. in Toronto. Farrow was recently identified by the Stockholm-based World Congress on Design and Health as a global leader making "a significant contribution to health and humanity through the medium of architecture and design." His groundbreaking approach to promoting wellness at the Credit Valley Hospital and Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Canada is viewed internationally as setting a new standard for health care design.
- Posted: Sept. 6, 2010 -
Contact: Phillip Rollfing, prollfing@archone.tamu.edu or 979.458.0442.
