01 About Us
Building the Future
of Healthcare
We understand the fundamental challenges facing healthcare: the need to deliver high-quality care for more people at less cost while fostering innovation and meaningful experiences.
We partner with our clients to produce results that are both immediately usable and continuously adaptable, helping you plan your future.
NBBJ employs approximately
800 staff members worldwide,
including 6 clinicians
Named by Architectural Record as 2020’s fastest-growing
architecture company
Named among the world’s most innovative architecture firms by Fast Company three times
NBBJ is the recipient of
more than 1,000 awards
across design, real estate
and construction.
NBBJ is designing
more than 5 Million SF
of zero carbon buildings.
NBBJ has designed
70 LEED-certified projects, totaling 16 Million SF
75% of our work comes from existing relationships.
NBBJ is a carbon neutral
certified firm.
NBBJ has 12 offices world-wide
01 About Us
Whole Health
NBBJ developed a design framework for healthy, high-performing healthcare environments called “Whole Health.” It’s the notion that design can be a transformative tool to reshape how and where care is provided, creating a healthier, more productive and purposeful experience.
01 About Us
The Components
of Whole Health
Whole health is the perspective of how we approach the business of design of the healthcare industry. We achieve this by focusing on two areas: design for performance and
design for wellbeing.
Design for performance, which impacts an overall institution, includes strategies to adapt during uncertain economic cycles, flex in the midst of a pandemic and prepare for a changing
climate. Design for wellbeing, which touches on patients, staff and community, includes ideas to support a fulfilling work experience, encourage patient agency and destigmatize behavioral health.
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Achieving Whole
Health with Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Our multi-disciplinary teams and holistic process ensure healthcare systems offer the highest level of care while encouraging the safety
and overall health of patients, caregivers, and society at large.
We’re learning insights about the future which we distill and integrate into our design thinking for the benefit of all of our clients.
Design for Performance
Emergency Responsiveness
A flexible framework that allows hospitals to expand or contract space and building systems in order to accommo- date surge events.
Key concepts of emergency
responsiveness include:
Flexibility
Infection Control
Outdoor Triage
Wayfinding
Economic Vitality
An adaptable system that encourages
uninterrupted revenue through patient-focused safety protocols, treatment spaces and procedures.
Key concepts of economic
vitality include:
Alternative Care Models
Convenience and Access
Modular Design and Construction
Visual Demonstration of Safety
Environmental Resilience
A foundation that ensures staff, family,
patients and the community receive
care before, during and after environmental stressors.
Key concepts of environmental
resilience include:
Healthy Materials
Redundancy of Backup Systems
Reinforced Infrastructure
Passive Energy Strategies
Design for Wellbeing
Patient Health
A framework that supports patient
wellness through personal choice, customization and the healing benefits of nature.
Key concepts of emergency
responsiveness include:
Access to Nature
Family and Visitor Accommodations
Patient Agency
Reduced Distractions
Caregiver Health
A system that emphasizes the health
of providers, supporting them through
restorative amenities and rituals.
Key concepts of economic
vitality include:
Restoration and Respite
Mindfulness
Support Networks
Knowledge-Sharingty
Behavioral Health
Environments that destigmatize, redefine and improve access to mental health services by encouraging treatment, community support and positive outcomes.
Key concepts of environmental
resilience include:
Accessible Care
Dispersed Amenities
Positive Distraction
Spaces for Personal Choice
01 Abour Us
WhatWe Do
Decision-making in this era of historical change is tenuous. We help our clients make decisions through data-driven insights and innovation.
Our multi-disciplinary experts apply data-driven and human-centric research to innovate and optimize the performance of businesses and the built environment. The result: a clear strategy to move your business forward.
Planning
Institutional Master Planning
Land-use Planning
Facility Planning
Medical Planning
Equipment Planning
Design
Architecture
Interior Design
Landscape Design
Lighting Design
Branding
Environmental Graphic Design
Consulting
Design Research
Rapid Prototyping
Operational Planning
Process Improvement
Transition Planning
Change Management
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
01 About Us
Our Diversity
and Inclusion Plan
Our mission is to diversify the design profession because it is key to creating an equitable, just and inclusive world.
We also know that creative synergy happens best when people of diverse backgrounds and a culture of inclusivity meet. Inclusive design and the belief that all should be heard is a hallmark of our firm and a continued commitment.
Today, we’re focused on design justice, a subset of our overall commitment that challenges structural inequalities and uses design to sustain, heal and restore marginalized communities.
We are committed to specific steps that:
Create Belonging - Provide opportunities to increase representation at all levels and roles within our design practice.
Design for All, By All - Apply design justice principles to create equitable built environments and experiences.
Build Resilience - Prioritize outcomes that emphasize health, education, safety and community resilience.
02 Our Experiance
Project
Stewardship
We understand the fundamental challenges facing healthcare: the need to deliver high-quality care for more people at less cost while fostering innovation and meaningful experiences.
We partner with our clients to produce results that are both immediately usable and continuously adaptable, helping you plan your future.