Paul Scialla, Founder and CEO at Delos is our guest today on the podcast. That is when our population started to change significantly.” Learn more about the history of Perkins-Eastman, how the firm responded to the pandemic in those first few months after COVID hit New York, and what changes are now being implemented in hospitals and healthcare facilities across the United States, during today’s episode. Our firm was becoming more prominent, and we were able to attract the most talented students and among them, many wonderful women. However, at the same time, women were entering architecture school in larger numbers and that made a huge difference. What was that time like for Mary-Jean and how have women in architecture evolved to the more prominent leadership role they enjoy today at the firm and beyond? Mary-Jean shares, “We began to recognize the challenges for women and it became obvious that women were dropping out of the profession because of all these challenges. When Mary-Jean Eastman entered architecture school in 1966, fewer than 10 percent of her classmates were women. Today, women lead the majority of Perkins-Eastman offices and studios. Mary-Jean Eastman, FAIA, MRAIC, Co-Founder & Vice-Chair of Perkins Eastman is Cheryl’s guest today on the podcast. There are so few black architects practicing today and what that means is that often I am the only person of color who is in a leadership role, and looks like me, in most of my professional interactions.” Learn more about what the experience is like for people of color when they enter the healthcare space and why there is a direct correlation between what communities African Americans live in and the type of healthcare they receive, and how healthcare design and architecture professionals can truly change this. Roderic shares, “My individual performance is often represented as that of the entire African American community by so many people that I interact with, and it can be overwhelming. Cheryl asks Roderic what it’s like to work for the nation’s largest African American architecture firm. Cheryl and Roderic dive deep into the topic of race in healthcare and architecture. In today’s two-part episode, Cheryl speaks with Roderic Walton, AIA, NOMA, NCARB Principal at Moody Nolan – the nation’s largest African American architecture firm. This and so much more during today’s episodes of the podcast with Phoebe Stein and David Ashen! The conversation was kicked off with Cheryl’s question, “What is the Ageless Living Collaborative?” David shares, “Phoebe got me into senior living and seated an idea of how we could help convey information and help people during COVID and beyond that.” Phoebe continues, “I got very excited because I love doing things in senior living and I was excited about the prospect of helping designers and ultimately helping seniors.” Learn more about the ALC, when it started and how the organization is helping designers and consumers understand more about senior living. Phoebe is also the founder of Olive Presents, a public relations firm and David is the President & CEO of Dash Design–an interior design and branding firm. On today’s 2-part episode, Cheryl speaks with Phoebe Stein and David Ashen-Co-founders of the Ageless Living Collaborative -a collective of advocates who are passionately dedicated to creating optimum outcomes for senior living. Most of the time, the rinsing to get the residue off is what is missed and when that is missed, it acts as a magnet to dirt and debris and will make your upholstery or flooring dirty faster.” This and so much more on the changing face of senior living design from Laura Busalacchi on today’s episode. The step that is most frequently missed is the rinse. It’s the same process for textiles and carpet. Then you move it to the dryer or you let it air dry. This process includes a rinse cycle and sometimes people like to do two rinses. So when you get a stain on your clothing, you spray it with some sort of cleaner, then you agitate it and rub it in, and then you put it in the washing machine. Because at the root, upholstery and carpet are made out of fibers just like your clothing. Think of upholstery and carpet fabric like a textile like your clothing. During today’s episode, Cheryl asks Laura the question, “What are the challenges with current cleaning and overcleaning protocols in the senior living space, and why is this so important right now?” Laura shares, “One of the challenges is overcleaning. Brookdale owns and operates over 700 senior living communities and retirement communities in the United States and their base is in Brentwood, Tennessee. On today’s 2-part episode, Cheryl interviews Laura Busalacchi, IIDA, NCIDQ, WRID, EDAC, Senior Director of Interior Services at Brookdale Senior Living.
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