To learn more about
Design Consultation, please contact:

Kim Nelson Montague
Director of Design Consultation Services, Planetree

directly at (248) 996-2321 or kmontague@planetree.org

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

 

  

 

Planetree Design Consultation    

 

Making choices about the design of your new facilities, additions to your hospitals, or renovations in your departments can have a profound impact on the patient, visitor and staff experience in your facility, and ultimately the health and wellness of all who occupy it. The physical environment provides multiple opportunities to create a “sacred space” for anyone who comes in contact with your hospital or health system. Through interactive sessions, reviews of your strategic plan, master plan and budget, and meetings with your architect, construction manager and others, these Design Consultation Services are intended to help you realize your vision for your own healing and healthy environment and to provide you with practical input for moving forward.

As such, whether you are embarking on a new building project, in the midst of a renovation, or considering some interim “face lifts,” we have developed a menu of Design Consultation Services to meet your needs. These services are offered to you in concert with the latest research, best practices and evidence-based design criteria that will allow you the opportunity to create a truly unique, efficient and Planetree facility that matches the mission of your organization.

MENU OF DESIGN CONSULTATION SERVICES:

  • Community Design Assessment – This tool was developed to aid you in taking the “pulse” of your community-at-large prior to the start of a major construction project. An interactive question/answer presentation format that includes basic Planetree information, along with sample images of Planetree facilities and programs. Questions are asked of participants in a focus group setting and a final report of feedback and design recommendations is prepared and presented to your leadership and/or project team (similar process as the Organization and Progress Assessments you are already familiar with).

  • Vision – A session best utilized with key stakeholders on your project team. This session asks each participant to look at images from other Planetree sites and patient-centered facilities around the world, and assess the needs, wants and likes for a particular project you are about to undertake, each in terms of Planetree’s Ten Core Components. A summary report is provided to you, with common themes, ideas and reflections compiled for your use in developing the overall schemes with your architect.

  • Component Mapping – A study of your facilities master plan or strategic plan and an overlap analysis of the components versus the programs defined in the master plan. Final deliverable is the Component Map, suitable for presentation to your Board or Foundation members.

  • Stepping Stones – Unlike a traditional schedule, this approach allows you to develop a step-by-step process to get you to the eventual product you wish to achieve, with interim goals and successes identified.

  • Design Consultations – individual tasks that include meeting with your facility team for:
    • Review and analysis of plans already in progress
    • Determining the needs to plan for a new project
    • Providing suggestions to improve an existing facility in terms of finishes, signage and wayfinding or programmatic needs
    • Working with your architect to include more Planetree elements in the design
    • Referrals from a library of resources such as “green” materials, a wide variety of specialty consultants (artwork, lighting, signage, etc.) and suppliers that provide exemplary services in the arena of patient-centered design and healing environments.

Developing a program that incorporates all the senses and is focused around the Planetree Model of Care takes patience, reflection, unique approaches and challenges to traditional thought. We are very pleased to be able to provide these Design Consultation Services as a resource to support you in your ongoing efforts to create a safe, healing environment for patients, families and staff members.