Learning from Cardboard: What Swiss Hospital Simulations Can Teach Us About Lean Design

At first glance, it might look like a group of adults playing make-believe in a large garage. But what’s happening at the Swiss Center for Design and Health (SCDH) in Nidau is far more serious–and far more Lean–than that. In a recent Monocle article, the SCDH is described as a place where architects, clinicians, and staff role-play hospital scenarios in full-scale cardboard mockups. This “extended reality simulation space” brings floor plans to life before a … Continue reading Learning from Cardboard: What Swiss Hospital Simulations Can Teach Us About Lean Design