Future of Healthcare
Investigating how healthcare design is shaping patient and worker experiences and benefiting communities.
Hospital of the Future Prototype
LATEST REPORTS & ARTICLES
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Right-Sizing the Community Hospital: Optimizing for the Future
As U.S. health systems prepare for an uncertain future, our prototype hospital looks to expand care with fewer beds.
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How the Rise in Digital and Home Health Will Transform Healthcare
New technologies and digital tools leveraging AI are starting to redefine how we manage our personal healthcare needs — and it starts at home.
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The Future of Healthcare Is Anchored in Its Communities
Community health hubs will play a vital role within an integrated ecosystem of health and care.
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Prototyping the Hospital of the Future
By prioritizing critical care, streamlining support services, and designing for long-term adaptability, hospitals can create a more sustainable future for healthcare.
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The Future of Receiving Healthcare at Home
With a new vision for the healthcare landscape, the home will begin to be one of many spaces people can expect to receive high-quality care.
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Why Resilience Planning Is Crucial to Safeguard Health Systems
Investing in proactive resilience planning, rather than reacting to weather and climate disasters as they unfold, will ensure uninterrupted, quality care.
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Realizing the Value of Artificial Intelligence When Planning Tomorrow’s Healthcare Facilities
The true value of AI lies not just in its ability to revolutionize devices and treatments but in its power to drive ROI through smarter, more adaptable healthcare environments.
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The Future of Healthcare as an Integrated Ecosystem of Health and Care
By refocusing the U.S. health system on improving community health, we can provide better outcomes and address the industry's major challenges.
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How Gaming Can Transform Activation and Transition Planning for New Healthcare Campuses
A gamified approach to training can help educate and engage staff when transitioning to new healthcare facilities.
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Trends to Watch Shaping the Future of Wellness
Gensler’s Wellness leaders discuss the opportunities shaping the future of wellness, from wellness real estate to inclusive design.
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How Branded Healthcare Environments Can Build Trust and Community
Brand identity plays a vital role in shaping patient experiences and reinforcing confidence in healthcare interiors.
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Trends to Watch Shaping the Future of Senior Living Design
Gensler’s regional Northwest Senior Living leader discusses new housing models, amenities, and other opportunities shaping the future of senior living design
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Conversions for Healthcare: 10 Takeaways for the Future
As healthcare systems shift to a new model of distributed care, adaptive reuse of older buildings will be an important strategy to sustainably achieve their goals.
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The Impact of Inclusive Design on Children’s Health and Happiness
By using inclusive design strategies in city and urban planning, we can build spaces that allow children to flourish, learn, play, and grow.
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Uncovering Growth: Wellness Real Estate Across the Market
An increased emphasis on physical, emotional, and social health has had a significant impact on the goods, services, and spaces that support peoples’ overall well-being.
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Using Design to Support Case-Based Learning in Medical Education
At the University of California Irvine, Gensler created an active learning center designed to facilitate a new style of hands-on, experiential learning.
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The Future of Retail Health and the New Healthcare Experience
Retail health is emerging as a means for delivering quality, convenient care and a model for healthcare systems expanding their networks or services to reach new patients.
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5 Trends Changing the Shape of Healthcare Design
The way we deliver and receive care is changing. Here, one of Gensler's healthcare leaders shares her thoughts on five trends currently influencing design in the industry.
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The Benefits of Nurturing Organizational Pride in Life Science Workplaces
In our latest survey of research scientists, we uncovered how laboratory design can promote a sense of organizational pride.
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Resuscitating Buildings for Life Sciences and Healthcare
By reusing existing buildings, such as empty retail stores and office buildings, architects can bring health, sciences, and wellness services closer to communities.
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Supporting Health, Well-Being, and Safety Through Trauma-Informed Design
We’ve outlined seven strategies that any project can implement to support recovery.
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Outpatient Healthcare Experience Index
A study from the Gensler Research Institute explores how consumer expectations of the healthcare experience are evolving and the implications for the future of outpatient health.
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3 Ways to Rethink the Outpatient Healthcare Experience
A variety of outpatient care options are fast becoming an integral part of today’s health system. We’ve delivered a study on outpatient care — here’s how we’re approaching things differently.
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Design as a Superpower in the Senior Living Industry
Excellent design of senior living facilities prioritizes well-being in ways that should be automatic for all types of design.
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U.S. Laboratory Research Scientist Survey 2023
As hybrid work, artificial intelligence, and cloud labs become commonplace in the life science industry, how can the design of laboratory settings evolve to meet needs and demands?
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Using Design Technology to Evolve Outpatient Healthcare Delivery
As providers assess the future of outpatient facilities, they can enhance data-driven design journeys with gFloorz 2.0, a computational product by Gensler.
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How D.C.’s Community of Hope Family Health and Birth Center Supports Black Women
Birth centers can level the playing field for low-income women and women of color. Community of Hope offers health services regardless of one’s ability to pay.
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How to Design Practice Facilities Centered on Athletes’ Mental Health
Sports training facilities and performance centers are emphasizing supporting spaces focused on mental health, a key factor in an athlete’s development and overall success.
FEATURED HEALTHCARE PROJECTS
Nationwide Children’s Hospital — Data Center + Conference + Medical Simulation Facility
Columbus, Ohio
A centrally-located campus hub integrates a leading-edge data center with staff-facing training facilities, creating new harmony between utility and community.
Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital and Children’s Pavilion
Ataşehir, Turkey
Acibadem Group’s future-forward hospital complex in Istanbul is reshaping care with holistic wellness, innovation, and a creative approach to patient care.
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Orthopedic & Spine Center (MECOSC)
Nyack, New York
Montefiore Einstein is an ambulatory care center featuring a researched-based, hospitality-inspired design to improve patient, provider, and visitor well-being.
HEALTHCARE NEWS
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American Journal of Nursing
2025American Journal of Nursing featured Gensler’s prototype for a “sustainable hospital of the future” which reimagines conventional hospital infrastructure and delivery. Gensler Geoffrey Design Director Diamond discussed the benefits of its mass timber construction. -
Mayo Clinic
2025Mayo Clinic announced plans for a $1.9 billion investment in its Phoenix campus to create seamless patient experiences, provide a better workplace for staff, and expand clinical space. The design and construction team includes McCarthy, Gensler, and Arup. -
Architizer
2025Architizer explored healthcare centers that “challenge the clinical cliché” and offer a better patient care experience, including Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital’s Children’s Pavilion and headquarters, designed by Gensler with FXCollaborative.
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