{"id":22491,"date":"2026-07-10T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/?page_id=22491"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:34:41","slug":"future-flexing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/future-flexing\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Flexing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-2a7cde4d alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-141beacc\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/futureflexing-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Two groups of blue and white 3D cubes arranged in clusters; each cube has diagonal white lines, resembling 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kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-disseminations\" data-tab=\"3\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-3 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Disseminations<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"tab-dashboard\" class=\"kt-title-item kt-title-item-4 kt-tabs-svg-show-always kt-tabs-icon-side-right kt-tab-title-inactive\"><a href=\"#tab-dashboard\" data-tab=\"4\" class=\"kt-tab-title kt-tab-title-4 \"><span class=\"kt-title-text\">Dashboard<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"kt-tabs-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-1 kt-inner-tab756779-00\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-494b1fda alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#fa4616;border-bottom-width:3px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Future Flexing: About the Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a5d2d3a2 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-558d4b67\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Hospitals never close. They have to keep running day to day and through crises like patient surges, often without pausing to rebuild. Future Flexing started from a simple, practical question: which design strategies make healthcare spaces more adaptable, and which ones are realistic to build?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">To find out, we started with those who encounter hospitals\u2019 limits firsthand. Over the course of a month, 45 nurses working across a wide range of units in three hospitals shared their observations about barriers and opportunities for flexibility by sending texts and photos from their phones as situations arose. After synthesis by the research team, their observations became 22 design strategies, ranging from multipurpose rooms and modular furniture to convertible patient units and adaptable public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Next, a panel of 17 healthcare design stakeholders, including architects, interior designers, project managers, and clinicians, discussed each strategy, reflecting on its real-world value and the challenges of putting it into practice. They then rated the feasibility of every strategy against seven parameters, from cost and regulatory compliance to patient and staff safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">One outcome of this work is an evidence-informed, feasibility-ranked catalogue of strategies, designed to grow over time. 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FHER is an organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and effectiveness of those who design healthcare environments by sponsoring research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-4dc24b2d\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"967\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/FHER-logo.png\" alt=\"Foundation for Health Environments Research (FHER)\" class=\"wp-image-22537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/FHER-logo.png 967w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/FHER-logo-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/FHER-logo-768x198.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" 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style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Shabboo Valipoor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);line-height:1.4\"><strong><em>Ph.D., EDAC (PI)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5c9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9d428b alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-7796f058 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/10\/bosch_2022-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-21807\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" title=\"bosch_2022-300x300\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Sheila Bosch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);line-height:1.4\"><strong><em>Ph.D. (Co-PI)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5c9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-703988b6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-d247fa2b wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img 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is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5c9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-449ae4ae alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-2569c0c3 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/interior\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/xiaoyu-chen-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Xiaoyu Chen Headshot\" class=\"uag-image-22517\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" title=\"xiaoyu-chen-headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Xiaoyu Chen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);line-height:1.4\"><strong><em>\u000bPh.D. (Former Graduate Assistant)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-tab kt-tab-inner-content kt-inner-tab-3 kt-inner-tab22491_46ca6c-a4\"><div class=\"kt-tab-inner-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-bf80f9f6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-96d1206b alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-dba2d063\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" 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J., Nobles, P., Chen, X., &amp; Platt, L. S. (2026). Nurse-informed flexibility in healthcare design: Stakeholder perspectives on feasible strategies for practice. <em>Health Environments Research &amp; Design Journal<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#fa4616;border-bottom-width:3px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><strong><strong>Presentations<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edra.confex.com\/edra\/EDRA56\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/16094\">Valipoor, S., Bosch, S. J., &amp; Nobles, P. (2025, May). <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/edra.confex.com\/edra\/EDRA56\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/16094\">Flexibility in action: Leveraging nurse perspectives to enhance healthcare design<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/edra.confex.com\/edra\/EDRA56\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/16094\">. 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