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Ariadia Academy · Healthcare planning & design

Better places.Better care.By design.

Follow your curiosity from the first clinical brief to spaces that work. Explore seven connected learning pathways in healthcare facility planning and design.

Explore the certificatesStep into the studio
A thread from knowledge to practice.
Illustrated healthcare campus with an orange thread connecting rooms and patient pathways
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF CARE01 / A connected perspective
For the people shaping healthcareArchitectsHealthcare plannersCliniciansEngineersProject leaders

01 / Find your thread

Seven pathways.
A connected education.

Start broad. Go deeper. Shared courses connect your learning, so every next step builds on what came before.

Four core courses connect every pathway. Complete the same course once within the proposed academy curriculum.

Your learning pathway

Ariadia Foundations

Certificate in Healthcare Facility Planning and Design

4 core courses6 pathway courses1 final project

Complete the four common core courses before starting this certificate.

  1. P101
    Service Needs and Capacity

    Translate population needs, service activity and operating assumptions into initial estimates of beds, treatment spaces, department capacity and future demand.

  2. P102
    Clinical Brief Development

    Develop a structured clinical brief from stakeholder input, service models, operational policies, patient needs and measurable requirements for a healthcare facility project.

  3. W101
    Clinical Workflow Fundamentals

    Map patient journeys and staff tasks, trace supplies and waste, identify operational relationships and explain how everyday clinical work influences spatial planning.

  4. D101
    Healthcare Design Fundamentals

    Explore healthcare building organisation, common room types, interior design principles, privacy and patient experience, connecting design decisions with clinical and operational needs.

  5. E101
    Medical Equipment Fundamentals

    Identify medical equipment categories, selection considerations, typical spatial implications and service connections, explaining how equipment decisions affect healthcare facility planning.

  6. L101
    Healthcare Project Lifecycle

    Follow a healthcare project through briefing, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and opening, identifying key responsibilities, decisions and deliverables at each stage.

Your final project

Prepare a concept proposal for a small healthcare facility, integrating service needs, capacity assumptions, clinical workflows, initial space requirements, equipment considerations and project delivery stages.

Where this pathway connects

Ariadia Foundations

Foundations also prepares you for Critical Spaces; its advanced courses remain separate.

Architectural studio with blue hospital room models and an orange thread

02 / The practice studio

Learn it. Map it.Make it work.

Turn a clinical need into a thoughtful space. Work through practice briefs, test your decisions, and build a portfolio of planning and design projects.

Understand the briefExplore the people, evidence and requirements.
Connect the decisionsTrace workflows, adjacencies and technical interfaces.
Develop your proposalProduce a concrete deliverable and review your reasoning.

Meet your faculty

Perspectives that
connect disciplines.

Instructor

Karrar Osi

PhD, MHA

Texas A&M

Teaching: Service Needs and Capacity

Before you begin

A little
orientation.

Who is this curriculum for?

Architects, planners, clinicians, engineers and project leaders who want to understand how healthcare facilities are planned, designed and delivered.

How do shared courses work?

Matching course codes identify the same course across multiple pathways. The proposed internal credit structure recognises that course once. Each certificate retains a separate final project; advanced courses are not waived by introductory study.

Can I begin the coursework now?

Yes. Explore the learning objectives, practice briefs, review criteria and references, and download a workbook. These are self-directed practice materials. Faculty-led teaching and assessed awards for these new Ariadia pathways will be announced separately. Existing Course catalog and learner accounts remain available through the learner portal.

Which design requirements should I use?

Use the requirements adopted by the relevant authority for your project, with guidance from qualified clinical and technical specialists. The exercises use fictional scenarios and do not replace project-specific professional review.

Where will your
thread take you?

Choose the discipline you know. Discover the ones it connects to.

Explore your pathway