LEADING THE WAY TO HEALTHCARE DESIGN AND HEALTHIER WALKABILITY

LEADING THE WAY TO HEALTHCARE DESIGN AND HEALTHIER WALKABILITY
The School of Architecture is leading the way toward applying the walkable, compact, mixed use principals of New Urbanism and Town Planning to the design of health care facilities and healthier communities.

Professors Joanna Lombard and Frank Martinez and Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk have been appointed to represent the School in its ongoing work with Dr. Jose Szapocznik at the UM Miller School of Medicine's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.

Lombard, who has taught studios and published several papers on health care design, said the School's history of being at the forefront of New Urbanism positions it perfectly to be a nationwide and global leader in health care design that creates communities, rather than isolated institutions.

"Health care facilities are tremendous generators of jobs and great assets to any economy," Lombard said. "Even a little tiny clinic deals with a lot of people coming and going."