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NURTURE NEWBORNS1

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NURTURE NEWBORNS1 Lindsay SlavinSpring 2011Group ProjectFIRST PLACE INAUGURAL NURTURE COLLEGIATE HEALTHCARE DESIGN COMPETITION

For this project, my group started with a local architects design for a new NICU department on one fl oor of an existing hospital. The hospital is a multi-story full service acute care hospital in an urban area with 9-0 ceiling heights and 6-0 intersticial space typical at each fl oor.

The fi rms design included private rooms to acomodate patients & familes that we thought were well designed based on our preliminary research. Therefore, we chose to focus on the areas adjoining the de-partment, researching & designing spaces that support a wider range of family needs not met in the single family rooms.

The evidence we found in our research pointed to additional family needs such as access to information, positive distractions, quiet areas, and various communication and security measures. Therefore, we split the space into three separate areas, with an information area and a quiet/meditative area inside security.

A positive distraction space outside the secure area allows families with small kids and grandparents to feel at home, without needing to go through security. The positive distraction area includes features such as a kitchen, showers, lockers, video-conferencing, a play area for kids and families, and an adult living room.

SCOPE OF WORK

Section showing scope of work and intersti-cial space with refl ecting light.

HYPOTHESIS

goal design

meditation space daylighting art views and access to outdoors

basic services - food, showers communication - video conferencing living area for families play area for families and children

attractive interior design ample space to serve -

a range of clientelle

design that encourages and enables cleanliness

space for family interaction in & outside of security

Note: these symbols will be used throughout the project to indicate specific design strategies that came as a result of research.

In the NICU, the implementation of a range of spaces which provide support for waiting families will result in lower stress levels for families, comprehensive care for families, increased market share and improved safety.

REDUCE STRESS

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INCREASE MARKET SHARE

SAFETY

future testing

question users at random intervals to gauge perceived feelings/stress levels

test people's blood pressure at random intervals when entering specific spaces

ask users what they found beneficial have a sign-in system to track what

rooms & features are being used most press ganey survey to test satisfaction question users about perceived

comraderie between families

keep track of NICU traffic & population over time

press ganey survey to track satis- faction & know what attracts users

keep track of people checking into NICU through security desk vs. people staying out in the positive distraction waiting area

hand hygiene compliance - observers to watch & test whether visitors and staff are washing their hands on a regular basis

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2. MEDITATIVE AREA

3. INFORMATION AREA

4. LACTATION ROOMS

5. ENTRANCE & SECURITY

6. PLAY AREA

7. LIVING ROOM

8. VIDEO CONFERENCING ROOM

9. KITCHEN

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ENTRANCE & SECURITY

INFORMATION AREA PLAY AREATERRACE

Because this design competition dealt with reno-vation and reuse, my group fi rst decided to keep the existing facility in its entirety. We wanted our design concept to act as a framework that could be applied to nursing homes nationwide that are functionally obsolete but too new to tear down. Therefore, we started by adding new resident rooms and a neighborhood node to the end of each medical corridor creating four neighbor-hoods that are distinct both architecturally and culturally, with each centered around a garden. This helps residents more easily focus on the residential and social realms, rather than the medical.

PRESERVE EXISTING BUILDING

CREATE FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS

FOUR DISTINCT IDENTITIES

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALMS

HOMES AND GARDENS2 Lindsay SlavinSpring 2012Group ProjectHONORABLE MENTION 2012 AIAS SAGE RENEWING HOME COMPETITION

Each resident room has a front and a back door, separating the residential and medical realms. The front door opens onto the garden, and paths lead to the neighborhood node where meals are served and activities occur. This creates a public realm that can be truly residential in nature. Family and friends would enter through the front door of the neighborhood node and walk through the garden to visit their loved one on his or her front porch without ever having to see the medical realm.

The back door opens onto the exist-ing double loaded corridor - a medi-cal corridor where nurses, staff and residents can circulate effi ciently and hygienically between the resident rooms and medical/service areas. The addition of a roof monitor along all these hallways allows natural daylight to fl ood these typically dark corri-dors. Because the medical functions are out of sight, a sense of resident dignity and control over privacy pre-vails. Our project then becomes four separate homes that share an effi cient medical corridor.

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Healthcare Design StudioKansas University, Professor Kent SprecklemeyerSpring 2012

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four household nodes: kitchen living dining nurses laundry

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water node & entry

earth node & entry

fi re node & entry

wind node & entry

WIND GARDEN & ENTRY

The design elements of each neighborhood, particularly the garden, create a distinct personality and cater to a certain population mix. For example, the wind garden is secure with looped paths and art pieces to generate an artistic, freeing atmosphere to support the needs of able-bodied residents with dementia. These distinct per-sonalities give residents common conversation pieces

New Roof Monitor

New Resident Rooms Protected Garden

Existing Resident Rooms

Medical Corridor

Existing Resident Rooms

FIRE GARDEN

ranging from fish and birds to a growing art gallery and ripening tomatoes. While they have different qualities, each garden is a protected outdoor space featuring handrails, seating, level flooring, and vegetation.

DALLAS FASHION INSTITUTE3 Lindsay SlavinSpring 2011Individual Project

Visual Presentation

ExhibitionDesign

Textile/Surface Design

Fashion Design

DFI DALLAS

Project Goals:

Create a building that interacts with the greater Dallas Area through various community service events reaching out into both the district and surrounding city.

Create an environment where students can constructively work together to learn collaboration in projects with the fi nal goal of student-hosted events in the school.

In order to best deal with the public nature of this build-ing, the building itself should be as public as possible with students, staff , and public alike moving freely throughout the spaces.

Site Challenges

Located on a vacant lot in the Dallas Arts District, it quickly became clear that the DFI needed to have its own identity among its illustrious neighbors while still becoming a part of the districts fabric. Providing an interior streetscape be-came a way to ingratiate the building into the neighborhood, allowing for public movement through the area and gathering while protecting people from the blistering Dallas sun.

STRUCTURE MODEL

PARTI DIAGRAM

COURTYARD / STREETSCAPE

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1. Dallas Museum of Art2. Nasher Sculpture Gallery3. Museum Tower

4. Meyerson Symphony Center5. Winspear Opera House6. Hall Arts Towers

7. Guadalupe Cathedral8. Belo Mansion9. Trammell Crow Center

Site

DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT

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Program Analysis

The program includes eight studios and classrooms, lecture halls, and faculty offi ces for the school as well as a museum and restaurant for the public spaces.

Initially working with the idea of pods, I soon realized too much space was being used for circulation. Therefore, I simplifi ed the program-ming and circulation paths by creating one central node in the form of a street-level courtyard. In order to promote collaboration between students, I also put all of the studios on one fl oor with half height parti-tions to encourage movement and teamwork throughout the spaces.

ADAPTIVE REUSE NUTRITION CENTER4Because of both troubles in the economy and a shift to online shopping and media types, the traditional brick and mortar stores seen throughout communities are becom-ing obsolete. Whats left is nothing more than an empty shell as the buildings are left vacant and rotting. Instead of tearing these buildings down or leaving them empty, com-munities can begin to evaluate which services are needed most throughout the area and renovate these shells to fit local needs.

One example is the previous Borders Bookstore in Law-rence, KS. Using this as a prototype, I decided to assess both local strengths and needs to guide my redesign. One of Lawrences biggest strengths is the farmers market just one block to the south. Based on this strength, I decided to move the market to this site and reuse Borders as a cen-ter for the community to come and learn about nutrition, cooking, and exercising with an added option of nutritional doctors offices for a sense of overall wellness.

Old Borders Bookstore

Pedestrian Zone

Hobbs-Taylor Lofts

Weekdays: ParkingWeekends: Farmers Market

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Once I knew how I wanted to use both the existing site and building, I deter-mined a specifi c program and split it into two main functions - public educa-tion and a small medical clinic. In order to delineate these uses, I cut a major circulation axis through the building to separate the more private realms from the public ones. This major axis, as well as the secondary circulation points, are all double height to create a sense of separate volumes that were placed throughout the existing struc-ture. Bridges throughout the second fl oor connect the various volumes and programmatic functions.

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PARTI DIAGRAM

Vertical Louvers

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Roof Garden

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THE WORLD IS A BOOK AND

THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL

READ ONLY ONE PAGE.

~ SAINT AUGUSTINE

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12 NORMANDY11 METZ10 NANCY9 VERSAILLES8 VAUX-LE-VICOMTE7 POISSY - VILLA SAVOYE

2 FORTERESSE DE SALSES3 NIMES4 ARLES5 FIRMINY6 LA TOURETTE

Jerusalem Skyline

Catbells Summit, Lake District, England

Lake District, England Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES

LE PETIT TRIANON

LE GRAND TRIANON

Galerie Des Glaces, Versailles

Fortress, France Roman Fortress in Nimes, France

Park Guell, Barcelona

Villa Savoye, Poissy, France

Lake District, England

Arles, France

Place Des Vosges

Barcelona Pavilion

Old Wall, Jerusalem

Barcelona Cathedral

EDUCATION

Master of ArchitectureUniversity of Kansas - May 2012 SpecializationinHealthcareArchitecture

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE

Honorable Mention 2012 AIAS and SAGE Renewing Home Student Design Competition Exciting Overall Conceptual Innovation

Transfomedafunctionallyobsoletenursinghomeintoneighborhood-oriented,long-termresidences

1st Place Inaugural Nurture Collegiate Healthcare Design Competition Project Title: Nurture Newborns

Usedevidence-baseddesigntodeviseholisticandfamily-friendlywaitingareasinaNICUsetting

Healthcare Design Conference 2011 AttendeeNovember 2011; Nashville, Tennessee

AWARDS&PUBLICATIONS

Godden Sudik Architects - Centennial, COAugust 2012 - September 2014

MultifamilyNewBuild&Infill RezoningProposal

ActiveSeniorHousing OfficeRevit&RevitTemplateManager

Burkett Design, Inc. - Denver, COSeptember 2014 - Present

CommercialNewBuild TenantImprovement

INVISION - Waterloo, IAJune 2011 - December 2011

HospitalNewBuild ORSuiteRenovation

Resume

Revit Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator AutoCAD Sketchup

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

IIDA RMC Pret-A-Porter 2015Best Of Show with Capco Tile

Published in Healthcare Design MagazineJanuary 2012; Nurture Newborns

Pre-design Schematic Design Design Development Construction DocumentsConstruction Administration Consultant Coordination Permitting Design-Build Delivery

SKILLS & DELIVERABLES

England and WalesMay - June 2012

Study Abroad in Spain and FranceJune - July 2010

Studied Urban Planning and Development

IsraelJune 2009

Studied the history of the culture, land, and architecture from a local archeologist

International Friends Conversation PartnerFall 2009 - Spring 2010

Met with foreign exchange student weekly to help with English skills and cultural adjustment

Matamoros, MexicoJune 2003

Mission Trip to build a house and church

Puerto Vallarta, MexicoJuly 2015

Lindsay Slavin