PETITE RETREAT : DESIGN FOR EARLY FAMILY CARE ARCH 574 / LA 336 Public Health and Urbanism Studio, Spring 2024, CRN 42930 (ARCH) and 35306 (LA) Monday/Wednesday 1:00-5:50PM Temple Buell Hall Room 311, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UNIT 1: RESEARCH AND PRECEDENTS
In this unit we will familiarize ourselves with existing research and design projects addressing early family and NICU care.
READINGS
Medical Research: Early Family Care
Cheng, et. al., “Postpartum Maternal Health Care in the United States: A Critical Review,” The Journal of Perinatal Education 15:3 (Summer 2006)
Alida Sodal, “Women’s Experience of the Postpartum Period in Norway,” Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Thesis (2022)
Medical Research: NICU Design
Domanico et. al., “Documenting the NICU design dilemma: comparative patient progress in open-ward and single family room units,” Journal of Perinatology 40 (2020)
Robson et. al., “Towards an architecture of flexibility,” Journal of Perinatology 40 (2020)
Medical Journalism
“Despite Low Fertility Rates, Post-Partum Centers Flourish in Korea,” Korea Biomedical Review (2022)
Healing Landscape Design
Szabo et. al., “Touch, feel, heal. The use of hospital green spaces and landscape as sensory-therapeutic gardens: a case study in a university clinic,” Frontiers in Psychology (24 Nov 2023)
Elantary et. al., “User’s perspective of landscape existence in healthcare buildings,” HBRC Journal, 17:1 (2021)
Luxury Retreat Literature
“Four Benefits of a Postnatal Retreat,” Boram Retreat
Alyson Kreuger, “It Takes a Village to Care for a Baby. And, For A Lucky Few, A Luxury Hotel,” The New York Times (1 June 2022)
Annie Vainshtein, “This Luxury Retreat will Pamper New Moms in S.F. Here’s How It Works,” San Francisco Chronicle (14 May 2023)
PRECEDENTS
Landscape Design
COURTYARD: Carle Foundation Hospital Roof Garden—Omni Ecosystems
COURTYARD: Rush University Hospital Roof Garden—Hoerr Schaudt
COURTYARD: Cedars-Sinai Plaza Healing Garden—AHBE Landscape Architects (now MIG)
WATER DESIGN: Princess Diana Memorial Fountain—Gustafson Porter + Bowman
STREETSCAPE: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center—Payette
NICU Design
CLOSED PLAN: Lurie Children’s—Anderson Mikos Architects, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, ZGF Architects, Mikyoung Kim Design
OPEN PLAN: Carle Foundation Hospital—Various Architects
Spa/Retreat Design
RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION: Moxi Wellness—Frederick Tang Architecture
CAMPUS TYPOLOGY: Santani Wellness Resort—Thisara Thanapathy Associates
PRECEDENT STUDY REQUIREMENTS
Print a series of 11x17 landscape-oriented boards organized as noted below. Be consistent with your layouts, colors, graphics, and font selections.
Board 1: Project Data—project title, location, year, design team, and 1 paragraph description (i.e., written by you)
Board 2: Project Images—four to six project photos arranged in a grid (give photo credits where available)
Board 3: Plan—original site plan or floor plan as appropriate to the project (drawn by you)
Board 4: Program Analysis—program diagram with legend and/or annotations describing the organization of the project
Board 5: Materials Analysis—show a few key materials (architectural or landscape) used in the project and discuss their impact/success
Board 6: Design Potential—draw/discuss what ideas from the precedent might be relevant to our studio prompt