In the Cancer Letter, a leading oncology publication read by cancer researchers and physicians worldwide, Principal Anthony Treu and Gil May from May Architecture recently authored a piece reflecting on designing a cancer care center never before seen—a goal that began with reimagining how architecture can serve healthcare.
For Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown, the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Care Center in Georgia, we set out to fundamentally change the way cancer care is delivered. For the article, True and May discussed how transcending traditional hospital design through a highly collaborative process—from engaging a diverse group of more than 200 patients and clinicians to creating a three-dimensional, life-sized mockup made entirely out of cardboard—led to a new model for patient care.
“Together, we conceived of a foundational premise: a care center arranged not around equipment and departments, but around the idealized patient and provider care model that the stakeholders had imagined,” wrote Treu in the article. “As architects, we designed several pioneering elements to make these changes possible.”
