A Safe Space to Heal: Balancing Safety and Comfort in Behavioral Health Design

08/27/24 • 26 min

Like any other healthcare facility, behavioral health environments must be comforting places to heal. But these spaces pose unique considerations to keep patients safe, requiring thoughtful balance from skilled design professionals to create environments that are beautiful and manage patient risk. Senior Interior Designer Lauren Frank, Senior Project Manager Susan Golberg, and Senior Architect Ellen Konerza are a few members of the BWBR team who work to design these facilities, and in the latest episode of Side of Design, they dive in to creating environments that prioritize safety without feeling cold or institutional.

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08/27/24 • 26 min

Side of Design - A Safe Space to Heal: Balancing Safety and Comfort in Behavioral Health Design

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Matthew Gerstner00:00:00.161

This is Side of Design from BWBR , a podcast discussing all aspects of design with knowledge leaders from every part of the industry . Hello and welcome to Side of Design from BWBR . I'm your host , matt Gerstner . On this episode , we'll be digging into some of the unique challenges in behavioral health design , specifically finding the balance between the risk level of the pa

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