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Connor Crist
Associate Principal, Healthcare ArchitectHFG ArchitectureConnor Crist, AIA, NCARB, EDAC, is an Associate Principal and Healthcare Architect at HFG Architecture, where he leads complex projects that expand access to care, particularly in rural and underserved communities. A 2024 Healthcare Design Magazine Rising Star, he applies Lean principles to critical access hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and population-health environments. He is a Lead Medical Planner for the Chickasaw Nation Health project in Newcastle, Oklahoma, and led medical planning and design for the Rome Design Award-winning Tenwek Cardiothoracic Hospital in Kenya. He earned his M.Arch. at the University of Kansas.
E47 – Healthcare as Community Infrastructure: How AAH Design Excellence Measures Impact Beyond Care
Healthcare projects recognized by the AAH Design Awards often demonstrate excellence beyond clinical function, revealing how healthcare environments c
…Healthcare projects recognized by the AAH Design Awards often demonstrate excellence beyond clinical function, revealing how healthcare environments can serve as vital community infrastructure. This panel invites members of the AAH design awards comm
…Healthcare projects recognized by the AAH Design Awards often demonstrate excellence beyond clinical function, revealing how healthcare environments can serve as vital community infrastructure. This panel invites members of the AAH design awards community, designers, and healthcare practitioners to reflect on how community impact is identified, evaluated, and embedded within award‑recognized healthcare design.
Drawing from awarded and award‑con
…Healthcare projects recognized by the AAH Design Awards often demonstrate excellence beyond clinical function, revealing how healthcare environments can serve as vital community infrastructure. This panel invites members of the AAH design awards community, designers, and healthcare practitioners to reflect on how community impact is identified, evaluated, and embedded within award‑recognized healthcare design.
Drawing from awarded and award‑considered projects, panelists will explore how healthcare facilities function as neighborhood anchors—supporting access, trust, and civic presence through design decisions that extend beyond the exam room. The discussion will focus on the process behind recognized work, including early planning strategies, trade-offs, and constraints that influence a project’s community role.
Panelists will also examine how contributions from emerging professionals and interdisciplinary teams shape community-centered outcomes long before awards submissions are developed. Attendees will gain insight into how AAH juries assess community value and how healthcare teams can more clearly articulate community impact as a measure of design excellence.
Show MoreClick the title to see all detailsShow MoreGeselle NealProject Coordinator, Bodwe Group
Connor CristAssociate Principal, Healthcare Architect, HFG Architecture
Yin JiangSenior Architect, Designer, Stantec
George GeorgePrincipal, GKG
Southern EllisVice President, HKS
Geselle NealProject Coordinator, Bodwe Group
Connor CristAssociate Principal, Healthcare Architect, HFG Architecture
Yin JiangSenior Architect, Designer, Stantec
George GeorgePrincipal, GKG
Southern EllisVice President, HKS