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Angela Mazzi has dedicated much of her nearly two-decade career to expanding research-led design practices within healthcare design. Her salutogenesis research illustrates how stress reduction and well-being promotion can positively influence health outcomes; hence her becoming an industry expert on designing oncology, behavioral health and emergency departments as well as clinical workspaces.
Mazzi’s research on milieu, which refers to therapeutic environments within mental health environments that foster social interactions and activity, is revolutionizing care environments by supporting new models of programming designed to reduce patient aggression, shorten inpatient stays and increase staff retention.
Over the past year, she has provided invaluable input into the planning and design process for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s new 160,000-square-foot behavioral health facility, set to open late 2023. Working closely with her client, she developed a design concept that emphasizes empowering parents while accommodating parental participation while offering varied spaces suitable for introverts as well as extroverts.
Last February, she leveraged her expertise in oncology space planning and design to co-convene GBBN’s Oncology Symposium. This virtual multidisciplinary event brought together healthcare experts from organizations such as TriHealth, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Bon Secours Mercy Health to explore market challenges and oncology trends.
Mazzi has an active schedule outside the office as well. As president of the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), in 2021 she organized a multidisciplinary task force to examine equity and efficacy in healthcare as well as reinstating ACHA Masters Series panels covering current trends in healthcare.
As President-elect of AIA Cincinnati this year, she’s leading a group to explore how architecture supports patient, visitor and staff well-being. In addition, she regularly presents her work at conferences and peer-reviewed journals.
Angela sees architecture as an advocacy profession.
