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2020: A Look Back With Pride and Optimism
Hope and Inspiration in a Year No One Expected
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Insights and Inspiration: Our Five Most-Read Articles of 2020
BIM collaboration. Next-generation workplace design. And the unique melancholy designers feel at the end of a years-long project. We published dozens of original articles in the Big Ideas section of our website last year. Here are the five most popular posts from 2020.
Healthcare
The Power of BIM Partnership: A Conversation with the BIM Managers of the New OSUWMC Tower Project
Building information modeling, or BIM, provides powerful 3D design and review capabilities to any project. When the project is this big, though, it needs to be managed with extra care. In this Q-and-A, BIM managers from DesignGroup and HDR describe their successful collaboration on a massive new OSU Wexner Medical Center project.
Healthcare
Resiliency in Healthcare: Look to Nature. A Q-and-A with Judith Heerwagen
It’s easy to add superficial nature elements to design, indoors and out. Environmental psychologist Dr. Judith Heerwagen advocates for thinking about it much more deeply. DesignGroup’s Chris Haedt spoke with her about biophilic design and how architecture can be improved through an evolutionary, biological perspective.
Education
Climate Change and College Living: Bold Ideas for the Future
A recent competition challenged architects to find creative new ways to improve buildings in a changing climate. Our entry tackled a structure found on almost every college campus. Here’s how we reinvented it.
The View from Home: How Architecture Students Continued to Learn Away from the Studio
Architecture school is all about collaboration and studio culture. What happens when you take all that away? In this Q and A, DesignGroup's newest employees explain the pros and cons of their recent semester — and their ideas for the future.
Sustainability Starts with the Right Materials
The pandemic is a stark reminder that the natural world is always present, always powerful, and must be respected as built environments continue to expand. Here are ways to find healthier products for any project.
Education
Med Ed During a Public Health Crisis
A public health crisis reminds us just how important medical education is. From research to residencies, here’s how two institutions are achieving their mission in the midst of a pandemic.
Healthcare
Telemedicine in Support of Behavioral Health
There has been at least one silver lining to the Covid-19 crisis. Telemedicine treatment for behavioral health patients has been very positive – for patients and practitioners alike.
Education
Post-Covid-19 University Planning
Change is happening on college campuses. And the impact of the pandemic on universities will be as varied as they are. DesignGroup Education Market Leader Ben Niebauer offers insights for university planning — now and long term.
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