064: Evon Calabrese: Translating Design Research into Healthcare Architecture

ADVOCATEARCHITECT REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONSHEALTH / WELLNESS

Jul 28

Evon Calabrese, Assoc. AIA, EDAC, is a healthcare designer at NBBJ with a focus on evidence-based and trauma-informed design. Throughout her career, she has specialized in environmental psychology, inclusive design, design justice, and research.

Her professional work includes notable contributions to substance use disorder facilities, college counseling centers, and health clinics, all focused on enhancing patient care and supporting mental health services. Evon is part of the Trauma-informed Design Society Research team and has an evidence-based design certification from the Center for Healthcare Design.

We talk about:

- The decision process for the selection of her dual degrees in architecture, the challenges she faced finding the right fit in the workforce after graduating, and the balance of mental health and studying for the AREs.

- Her experiences working in healthcare architecture and Evon shares stories about smoking policies, shelter and exposure in healthcare spaces, AI inspiration images, and the best ways to solicit user feedback.

- The power of selecting a specialty early in her career and how she has leaned into involvement with professional organizations such as AIA, the Oregon Design Conference, and the Trauma-informed design society and how they have helped her build leadership skills and connect her to other experts in the field.

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