048: Robyn Linstrom: Design and De-Stigmatization as a Mental/ Behavioral Health Architect

On today’s episode of Architectette we welcome Robyn Linstrom. 

As behavioral health subject matter specialist at Stantec, Robyn has a broad range of healthcare experience and finds that her biggest joy is working with clients. She gravitated toward healthcare because she believes the built environment can be a partner in supporting healing. She focuses on behavioral health to help destigmatize facilities through design. 

We talk about: 

- How and why, after 20 years at a previous firm, she decided to join Stantec’s Denver office to help build and expand their healthcare sector in the Western regions of the United States.

- Next, we discuss the destigmatization of mental and behavioral health facilities and how patient input, color, wall art, light therapy, and architecture can influence feelings of safety and hope while eradicating the punitive spirit of facilities of the past.

- Robyn shares the impact and influence of post-occupancy evaluations regarding staff and patient "quiet rooms" and why these spaces have a huge impact on users’ abilities to decompress and recharge.

- We end by discussing how mental health services are transforming for the future. We talk about redefining crisis centers, building healing campuses, and Robyn’s mentorship of emerging leaders in the field.

Links: 

Learn more about Stantec: https://www.stantec.com/en/markets/health/behavioral-health

Connect with Robyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-linstrom-aia-acha-edac-7571903b

Read Robyn's Work: https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/projects/behavioral-health/creating-a-place-of-sanctuary-for-mental-health-patients/

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