CAMP at HSS
CategoryOfficesYear2023
LocationNew York, NY
Size1,500 S.F.
Collaborator Two-N (GUI Design)
The Hospital for Special Surgeries (HSS), connected with Mapos to create the Center for Analytics, Metrics, and Performance (CAMP). CAMP would be the home and collaborative workspace for the hospital’s data analytics and performance modeling group. Here, they can advise and workshop in-person with doctors and practitioners to improve patient experience and success rates, and maximize overall hospital performance.
Success of the project included integrating display technologies within a place that was inviting and welcoming to anyone within the hospital. Mapos brought to the team Two-N, an award winning data design team to develop interactive visualizations.
A diverse collection of spaces including private offices, semi-private studios, an engagement lounge, and an immersive Data 360 meeting room, were created to give the team a range of workspaces to meet the needs of the guests and type of data required. In each, displays are integrated into warm wood surrounds, soft lighting, and comfortable furniture. Felt ceiling baffles over the center space prevent conversations from travelling while visually masking the technical infrastructure needed to run the space.
Photography by Michael Biondo.
Expressed as a midnight blue cube, the Data 360 room is the star of the show. It was conceived as a data-drenched meeting room where every graphic user interface (GUI) concept is tested in real space on interactive touchscreens.
Their directive to us was to create a space that is a counterpoint to the typical sterile hospital environment: a place that has texture and warmth, and is as thoughtful about designing space for humans as the CAMP team is about designing data for humans.
Alternating bands of felt and wood wrap every wall of the space and is the dominant visual texture, which baffles and softens conversation. This wall system is unique to the space, and along with the feeling of openness and warmth, signals to staff and guests that this is a new kind of space within the hospital. It is a space that beckons and invites inquiry, and signals the future of healthcare, much like the mission of the CAMP team itself.
