Episode 59, Part 2, Minta Ferguson, ACHA, AIA, NCARB, Director of Planning, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and Erika Hill, IIDA, NCIDQ, Senior Interior Designer, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

On part 2 of today’s episode, Cheryl continues her conversation with Erika Hill, IIDA, NCIDQ, Senior Interior Designer, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and Minta Ferguson, ACHA, AIA, NCARB, Director of Planning, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture.

In part 2 Minta and Erika flush out all the juicy details of their work on their favorite projects both together and separately and what made those projects so special to each of them. This and so much more about what’s happening in healthcare design today on part 2 of today’s episode of the Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 podcast!

Learn more about Minta Ferguson and Erika Hill by visiting: https://mcmillanpazdansmith.com/. 

Listen to McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture’s podcast; Idea Exchange, Ideas Shaping Healthcare, here: https://mcmillanpazdansmith.com/podcasts/healthcare/.

In Part 2 of Cheryl’s conversation with Erika Hill and Minta Ferguson they discuss:

• What are Erika and Minta’s current favorite projects and why?

• Learn about the technical aspects of some of the design on their projects and how detail oriented healthcare design and planning really is.

• How did McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture win their Teen Cancer America project?

• Hear all the details about TCA and the project itself and another related project

• What is different about designing a cancer unit for teens?

• How Minta and Erika know when a project is successful from what the end users have to say about it.

• What does a holistic design process look like to Erika?

• What does the future of healthcare design and planning look like to these two?

• Learn about McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture’s podcast, Idea Exchange, Ideas Shaping Healthcare, where Minta is the host.

The world is changing quickly. The Center for Health Design is committed to providing the healthcare design and senior living design industries with the latest research, best practices and innovations. The Center can help you solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges and make a difference in care, safety, medical outcomes, and the bottom line.  Find out more at healthdesign.org.

Additional support for this podcast comes from our industry partners:

• The American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers

• The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design

Learn more about how to become a Certified Healthcare Interior Designer®  by visiting the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers at: https://aahid.org/.

Connect to a community interested in supporting clinician involvement in design and construction of the built environment by visiting The Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design at https://www.nursingihd.com/

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