Healthcare
We help providers reimagine how healthcare empowers patients and benefits communities. Through research, inclusive engagement practices, and integrated expertise, we design environments that harness technology to produce better health outcomes and experiences. Our approach is Radically Human.
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Healthcare occupies an interesting place in most communities and is uniquely positioned to help heal some of the wounds and bridge divides. If we thoughtfully reimagine our approach to community engagement, clinical services distribution, and partnership models, we have an opportunity to not only reshape outcomes but also rebuild trust.
—James Crispino, Principal
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Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Orthopedic & Spine Center (MECOSC)
Nyack, New York
Montefiore Einstein is an ambulatory care center featuring a researched-based, hospitality-inspired design to improve patient, provider, and visitor well-being.
Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital and Children’s Pavilion
Ataşehir, Turkey
Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital and Children’s Pavilion is a 600,000 sq. ft. healthcare ecosystem delivering an exceptional patient, employee and visitor experience.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Data Center + Conference Facility
Columbus, Ohio
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Data Center + Conference Facility is a hybrid-use building that combines a conference venue with a leading-edge data center.
Summit Health Multispecialty Hub
Clifton, New Jersey
Designed in a repurposed office building, the Summit Health Multispecialty Hub brings together primary and specialty care in a state-of-the-art facility.
Mass General Brigham Integrated Care Facility
Salem, New Hampshire
Mass General Brigham’s ambulatory care facility advances relationship-based patient care by providing an environment that fosters meaningful connections.
Nanjing Tianyinshan Hospital
Nanjing, China
The Nanjing Tianyinshan Hospital integrates clinical healthcare, medical education, and technological innovation in a modern, state-of-the-art facility.
Henry Ford Health System Plymouth Medical Office Building
Plymouth, Michigan
The Henry Ford Health System worked with Gensler to expand its ambulatory care strategy at its Plymouth location and provide a true ‘hospital without beds’ environment for patients.
Yonghe Hospital
Beijing, China
The façade renovation of Yonghe Hospital aims to establish a health, wellness, and lifestyle hub through the power of technology and community engagement.
Confidential Healthcare Client Acute Rehabilitation Center
Newport Beach, California
This Acute Rehabilitation Center is a state-of-the-art medical center, designed to help patients recover and return to community living.
Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center
Washington, D.C.
Community of Hope joined forces with Gensler to expand and reposition its headquarters, community center, and Washington, D.C.’s only freestanding birth center.
Shady Grove Fertility Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York
When Shady Grove Fertility set out to expand its services in New York, it began by establishing a fertility clinic in a classically Brooklyn space with a design that places emphasis on lighting to set the mood for patients.
OhioHealth Neuroscience Wellness Center
Columbus, Ohio
The Neuroscience Wellness Center at OhioHealth is envisioned as a place for a community of users to take charge of their recovery process.
Reach Movement Studio
Cartersville, Georgia
Reach Movement Studio transforms physical therapy by making Musculoskeletal (MSK) care accessible, engaging, and affordable to all. Gensler led the experience strategy and design with Bardavon Health Innovations and their brand agency, Elephant, to define the customer experience for their first retail health location.
Confidential Health Center
Queens, New York
Gensler worked closely with a large New York City healthcare organization to design a positive and empowering healthcare environment. Driven by getting members in and out within an hour, the ambulatory care center is designed to be intuitive and welcoming for patients. From integrated technology that personalizes each visit, and improves communication, to centrally located treatment rooms, the center supports a high level of services, which include primary care, dental, imaging, specialty practices, wellness programs, and a pharmacy.
Columbia Primary Care Manhattan Valley
New York, New York
Columbia University Irving Medical Center enlisted Gensler to create a new medical office that emphasizes patient experience with a hospitality-inspired design.
Henry Ford Health System Bloomfield Township Medical Office Building
Bloomfield Township, Michigan
Henry Ford Health System’s new Bloomfield Medical Center revolves around community, patient access, and care, creating enhanced experiences for both patients and staff.
Bill Richards Center for Healing at Aquilino Cancer Center
Rockville, Maryland
The Bill Richards Center for Healing at Aquilino Cancer Center explores new approaches to wellness and psychological therapies for cancer patients
National University Hospital
Singapore
National University Hospital (NUH) is the hub of high acuity care, teaching, and investigation for the National University Health System and the country of Singapore. To meet the new and future needs of NUH, Gensler was asked to plan and program a 3,000,000 SF replacement hospital on a dense urban site with no open space left to build, while keeping the existing hospital fully operational during the construction of the new hospital.
Unity Benning Road
Washington, D.C.
Unity Health Care and Howard University Hospital's collaboration brings equitable access to high-quality affordable health care with a new health center in Washington DC's most underserved area.
Northwestern Medicine — Lake Forest Hospital
Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest Hospital is a critical care replacement facility, providing a full range of services including maternity, surgical, emergency, intervention, and outpatient specialty clinical services. In the role of Master Architect, Gensler provided management of the design team, resolution of open design issues, interior design, furniture design, medical planning, user experience design, and brand and graphic design to complete the project.
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice
London, UK
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice (NACH) is the only children’s community-based hospice providing support for babies, children, and young people with...
Rush University Medical Center Standards
Chicago, Illinois
Gensler surveyed stakeholders at Rush University Medical Center as the team developed medical facility design guidelines.
Cook County Health & Hospitals System, Central Campus Health Center
Chicago, Illinois
Designed by Gensler in collaboration with Forum Studio as part of a design/build partnership led and developed by Clayco, the Central Campus Health Center (CCHC) is a new, state-of-the-art ambulatory care facility.
TMC3 Translational Research Campus
Houston, Texas
Gensler set guidelines for the master planning and design of a new TMC3 campus center that will support the evolution of monetizing research, capitalizing on new findings, engaging a larger patient-care population, and integrating the practice of medicine, wellness, and education into the city of Houston.
Encompass Health Liberty Park HQ (Formerly HealthSouth Corporation Home Office)
Birmingham, Alabama
The design for the new home office for the Encompass Health Liberty Park (formerly HealthSouth Corporation Home Office) is an exercise in aligning the...
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, Illinois
The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) is a premiere rehabilitation destination for adults and children with the most severe, complex conditions — from traumatic brain and spinal cord injury to stroke, amputation and cancer.
Mass General Brigham Administrative Campus
Somerville, Massachusetts
With many of its leases nearing expiration, Massachusetts’ leading healthcare network and largest private employer looked to unite its operations into a single Boston-area location.
INSIGHTS
Blog
Designing a Sustainable Hospital of the Future
By prioritizing critical care, streamlining support services, and designing for long-term adaptability, hospitals can create a more sustainable future for healthcare.
Blog
Putting the Patient at the Center of the Health-And-Wellness Equation
Consumer culture, personalized medicine, and technology are extending conversations about well-being far beyond doctors’ offices and hospitals.
Blog
The Future of Receiving Healthcare at Home
With a new vision for the healthcare landscape, the home will begin to be one of many spaces people can expect to receive high-quality care.
Blog
Adapting Big Box Retail Stores to Healthcare Clinics
Transforming abandoned storefronts into dynamic healthcare clinics can be a cost-effective and efficient way to deliver medical services to communities.
Blog
The Future of Healthcare as an Integrated Ecosystem of Health and Care
By refocusing the U.S. health system on improving community health, we can provide better outcomes and address the industry's major challenges.
Blog
Resuscitating Buildings for Life Sciences and Healthcare
By reusing existing buildings, such as empty retail stores and office buildings, architects can bring health, sciences, and wellness services closer to communities.
Blog
5 Trends Changing the Shape of Healthcare Design
The way we deliver and receive care is changing. Here, one of Gensler's healthcare leaders shares her thoughts on five trends currently influencing design in the industry.
Blog
Supporting Health, Well-Being, and Safety Through Trauma-Informed Design
We’ve outlined seven strategies that any project can implement to support recovery.
Blog
The Future of Retail Health and the New Healthcare Experience
Retail health is emerging as a means for delivering quality, convenient care and a model for healthcare systems expanding their networks or services to reach new patients.
Case Study
Mass General Brigham Integrated Care Facility
Mass General Brigham’s new ambulatory care facility is poised to become a vital community resource and act as a high-performance prototype for healthcare.
Blog
5 Strategies for Converting Retail and Office Space into Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Here are five strategies to convert vacant or underutilized retail and office properties into outpatient care facilities that support a positive and efficient experience for both patients and staff.
Blog
Using Design Technology to Evolve Outpatient Healthcare Delivery
As providers assess the future of outpatient facilities, they can enhance data-driven design journeys with gFloorz 2.0, a computational product by Gensler.
Blog
Why Is the Outlook on Telehealth So Complicated?
Telehealth was at the forefront of healthcare consults during the pandemic, but we’re not hearing enough on lessons learned. We have crucial questions that need answering but the experiment is still unfolding.
Blog
How Architects and Designers Can Continue to Prioritize Inclusivity
Roger Smith and Lisa Cholmondeley, co-directors of Gensler’s Center for Research on Equity and the Built Environment, talk about designing for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and what lies ahead.
Blog
How D.C.’s Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center Supports Black Women
Birth centers can level the playing field for low-income women and women of color. Community of Hope offers health services regardless of one’s ability to pay.
HEALTHCARE DESIGN TRENDS TO WATCH
Mixed-use healthcare districts are on the rise as rural hospital closures accelerate.
Economic pressures are pushing rural and critical access hospitals out of business at an accelerated rate. Healthcare providers can deliver clinical services within rural and underserved communities through mixed-use healthcare districts — partnering with non-conventional services such as internet providers, grocery stores, and residential developers to deliver more accessible healthcare to communities.
Healthcare providers will work more closely with vulnerable communities to build trust.
Rising clinical care costs are eroding trust between vulnerable communities and healthcare systems. To heal divisions, healthcare providers can engage communities in their healthcare offering. The combinational process of community input and the expertise of healthcare providers results in a system that is built for mutual benefit.
Healthcare operators will adopt AI to manage administrative tasks and lower the cost of care.
Shortages of healthcare professionals are impacting the industry at large. Nurses spend a significant amount of their time conducting administrative tasks. Healthcare providers can adopt AI to perform repetitive tasks and record keeping, lowering the costs of care, and allowing nurses to spend more time with their patients.
HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP
Bonny Slater
Healthcare Leader, Design Director
Bonny is a global leader for Gensler’s Healthcare practice area who has spent 20+ years creating inspiring environments to support health and wellness for diverse populations...
Randy Guillot
Healthcare Leader, Design Director, Principal
Randy is a global leader for Gensler’s Healthcare practice area. His leadership in design leverages a belief in multidisciplinary partnerships and creates new models for healing...
Liz Resenic
Design Resilience Leader, Sustainability Strategist
Liz is a Global Design Resilience Leader for Gensler’s Healthcare practice area. As a Sustainability Strategist, she advances projects that are sensitive to their environment and...
NEWS
In The Media
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Medical Construction & Design
Three Senior Leaders Have Joined Gensler’s Rapidly Growing Global Healthcare Practice
Shary Adams, Ray Bai, and Alanna Carter join Gensler’s Toronto, Shanghai and Houston offices, respectively.
July 11, 2024
Press Release
Gensler Welcomes Three Senior Healthcare Design Leaders to Support Global Growth
The new leaders will be based in Toronto, Shanghai, and Houston — bolstering expertise in humancentric healthcare design across key regions.
July 11, 2024
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Lab Design News
UC Irvine’s Medical Education Building Is Designed To Accommodate Shifts in Health Science Education
Lab Design News interviewed Gensler’s Susan Lai and David Johnson about the recently completed renovation, which features an anatomy lab, Active Learning Center, student lounge, classrooms, and offices.
June 05, 2024
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NYC Health + Hospitals
Gensler Has Partnered With Arup and NYC Health + Hospitals To Create the Climate Resilience Plan
Committed to improving the resilience of health system infrastructure, the plan strives for a 50% CO2 emissions reduction target by 2030.
May 22, 2024
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Medical Construction & Design
How Healthcare Facility Design and Operations Can Support Holistic Well-Being for Healthcare Workers
Gensler Healthcare Leader Bonny Slater and Wellness Leader Michael Schur shared insights on navigating staff wellness challenges inside healthcare facilities.
May 01, 2024
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Healthcare Snapshots
Gensler Designed Nationwide Children’s Hospital Data Center + Conference Facility as a “Hybrid-Use Building”
The new “hybrid-use building” in Columbus combines a public learning and conference space with the security and resiliency of a leading-edge data center.
April 02, 2024
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Healthcare Design Magazine
Inside Gensler’s “Playful Design” of Acibadem Ataşehir’s Children’s Pavilion in Istanbul
Design Director Ju Hyun Lee explained how it carries “the same design language from the adult hospital into this space, but in a way that invites kids to enjoy the environment more.”
March 27, 2024
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Healthcare Design Magazine
Community of Hope Family Health & Birth Center Wins 2023 Healthcare Environment Awards
Healthcare Design Magazine highlighted Gensler’s design of the Community of Hope Family Health & Birth Center in D.C. as a 2023 Healthcare Environment Awards winner.
February 08, 2024
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Interior Design
Interior Design Spotlighted the Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital, Children’s Pavilion, and Headquarters
Balancing a sense of calm with playful details, Gensler’s interior design for three buildings of Acibadem Healthcare Group’s Istanbul campus was recognized as a 2023 Best of Year winner in the Healthcare category.
January 08, 2024
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Interior Design
Children’s Pavilion and Headquarters, Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital Wins Interior Design’s 2023 Best of Year Award
Interior Design recognized Gensler’s design of Children’s Pavilion and Headquarters, Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital as a winner of the 2023 Best of Year Awards.
December 13, 2023
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Healthcare Design Magazine
Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center Wins IIDA’s Transformation & Innovation Award
IIDA awarded Gensler’s design of the Community of Hope in Washington, D.C. with the Transformation & Innovation Award as part of the 2023 IIDA Healthcare Design Awards.
October 26, 2023
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Frame
Gensler Reimagined a Mixed-Use Campus in Istanbul into a Healthcare Ecosystem
The mixed-use campus includes healthcare group Acibadem’s headquarters, as well as a hospital and children’s hospital, with a design that promotes healing and wellbeing.
August 15, 2023
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Washingtonian
Bill Richards Aquilino Cancer Center Is ‘At the Forefront of a Budding Renaissance in Psychedelic Medicine’
Gensler transformed the 2,700-square-foot concrete shell into an elegant, functioning clinic in Rockville, Md.
July 31, 2023
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American Institute of Architects
AIA Honors OhioHealth Neuroscience Wellness Center, Designed by Gensler, in the 2023 National Healthcare Design Awards
One juror noted that the wellness center “clearly addresses the needs of the clientele it’s serving. It also captures the idea of beauty so well,” prioritizing the surrounding landscape.
July 17, 2023
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European Healthcare Design
Acibadem Atasehir Hospital & Children’s Pavilion Is Honored for Its Exceptional Healthcare Design
The European Healthcare Design Awards recognized Acibadem Atasehir Hospital & Children’s Pavilion in Istanbul, Turkey in the 2023 “Highly Commended” category for projects over 25,000 square meters.
June 26, 2023
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Healthcare Design Magazine
5 Reasons To Specialize in Healthcare Interior Design
Gensler’s Amy Carter was drawn to the field because she is “passionate about the human experience in healthcare environments.”
May 15, 2023