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ARCHITECTURE
& DESIGN

Emergency Department Expansion / Metropolitan Methodist
Hospital/ San Antonio, Texas (THW Design San Antonio)

date was established: Within the
Emergency Department Expansion / Reception / Interior
economy of the built-environ- Metropolitan Methodist Hospital/ San Antonio, Texas
(THW Design San Antonio)
ment for healthcare, all of us
(Physicians and Designers) are
called to show how well we under-
stand the requirement for com-
modity, in addition to uplifting the
basic human need for both com-
fort and delight. Such an applica-
tion of principles is no less
required on the interior than it is
on the exterior of our facilities. If
done well and with sensitivity to
the patient and visitor, the “op-
tics” stemming from the experi-
ence should evoke a deep measure
of confidence in the level of care to be received. And, size has little mental contact” introduced via the mind, the body and the spirit of
to do with this success factor. It is all about the “physical, visual and place. Worthy of note, this also applies to technology.
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