AIA National Healthcare Design Award Winner: CHA Women and Children's Hospital

October 22, 2008 
Web Seminar

1–2 p.m. ET

(please note this Web seminar was orginally scheduled for September 30, 2008)

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This Web seminar, part of a four-part series presented by the Vendome Group in conjunction with the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, will explore recipients of the 2008 AIA National Healthcare Design Awards.

CHA Women and Children's Hospital

Designed to comply with strict height and bulk limitations the CHA Women’s Hospital brings to a dense, suburban Seoul neighborhood a sleek, gleaming, Modernist building catering to avant-garde Korean women comfortable with (and demanding from their health care provider) the aesthetic of high-couture shops, spas, hair salons, and restaurants sweeping Asian capitals today. The CHA brand encompasses all aspects of women’s health and maternity services from in-vitro fertilization to a chic line of maternity and children’s clothes, again to satisfy a unique market niche. This new hospital is among the first in Korea to offer a full array of advances from the United States such as LDR, water birthing, and participation by family members in the birthing process that are taken for granted stateside. However, to meet Korean expectations, one entire floor of the hospital is given over to an extended stay spa, wherein wealthy Korean women remain up to one month after birthing.

Speakers

Jim Diaz , KMD Architects
James Diaz is nationally known for his achievements and contributions to health care architecture and planning and has been an integral part of KMD for over 36 years. On the basis of excellence in programming and design and the many health care facilities research studies he has contributed to the profession, Jim was elected to Fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Architecture and the American Institute of Architects, the highest honor the Institute bestows upon its members. Jim has chaired numerous AIA health care committees, including the Academy on Architecture for Health, subcommittees on Post-Occupancy Evaluation, and the Committee for Programming and Design.

Ryan Stevens, KMD Architects
In his 35 years of practice, Ryan has been responsible for formulation of concepts and completion of design for numerous public- and private-sector projects throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Under his direction, the firm has developed an International reputation for building design excellence. Ryan’s work has been frequently published and exhibited and has been recognized through numerous design awards.

 

Kim Stanley, Panel Judge
With a specialized focus in the planning and design of facilities for healthcare and higher education, Ms. Stanley has extensive experience in the design of Community and Teaching Hospitals, Children’s Facilities, Ambulatory Care Centers and Specialty Centers for Diagnostic Imaging and Cardiology. In her career, Ms. Stanley has planned and programmed over 4 million square feet of space. She has also written several articles on health facility planning and design, and has lectured on Women in Architecture.