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Organizing Interactions
Oftentimes our healthcare designs focus intensely on efficiency. We are constantly optimizing layouts to meet the desired program, while ensuring that each piece of required equipment finds an intelligent home too. To balance this practical behavior, the PDS team also enjoys integrating a less obvious element when appropriate: organizing social interactions.
In this study, we needed to introduce acoustic paneling to dampen the loud sounds created in a large/open shared space. The challenge was one of cost efficiency and pattern making: how to intelligently introduce a simple acoustic tile. The opportunity that was identified dealt with understanding the nature of each unique activity associated with the nurse's station, the cafeteria and the quiet meeting spaces.
Here we have diagrammed the organization of the (3) types of activity: medical staff (red), patient-active (green) and patient-quiet (blue) in an attempt to better understand where acoustic adjustments might be necessary. To accommodate the auditory volume of conversations, we were able to assume that the panels should be "clumped" in obvious areas where interaction was more likely. This assumption, combined with a simple grid, allowed us to generate an intelligent pattern that was both expressive of the user, practical and cost efficient.
PDS is moving into a new studio!
Pomarico Design Studio is excited to announce that we are relocating our headquarters to the charming waterfront, within the City of Newburgh. We have proudly outgrown our space on Main Street, in Beacon. Although our 8-year stay was delightful, we are looking forward to enjoying our new view from the other side of the river.
At the beginning of February, 2016, the home base of PDS can be found at 19 Front Street in Newburgh, NY with a new phone number too: (845) 561-0448. Our New York City Office will remain the same and you can still reach the team with all of your existing contact info.
We always welcome visitors. Feel free to stop by to see what we we are working on or just to say hello.
Rethinking Psychiatric Care
We were recently asked to imagine a new platform for administering treatment to a growing population of psychiatric patients, with a wide range of ages, personal stories and levels of care needed.
In this study we have focussed our attention on what we call COMMUNITY CARE. We recognized a serious void in the amount of common space allocated to patients within psychiatric treatment centers.
Our aim here is simple: provide each client with a safe level of freedom to move and converse with the rest of their treatment neighbors.
This project is now moving in its Construction Documenting phase so check back for updated media in a few months!
