My specialty is healthcare design rather than correctional facilities. One of my questions for either facility type would be "Have you considered R-Water for cleaning?" This is an amazing new product installed in housekeeping closets, developed originally for prisons and now expanding to healthcare use.
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Marjorie Serrano, RN, AIA, EDAC
Health Environment Innovations
Dallas, TX
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-06-2018 18:10
From: David Redemske
Subject: Questions to ask for a correctional health project?
When designing a correctional health project, what question(s) have you found essential to ask your clients?
Myself, I have one question that I ask my correctional clients every time I start a project. It sounds like simple semantics, but depending on how they answer the question, it can drive completely different facilities. The question is, "Is it a hospital that has security, or a prison that has healthcare?"
I'd love to hear what other architects are asking, especially if it can really shift your understanding of what the client needs/wants. What's your question?
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David Redemske
HDR Architecture
Chicago IL
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