Building Design + Construction - October 2019

of healthcare to create

a one-stop shop of clinic

services that offers health

and wellness products

and services. Much of this

unorthodox design was

driven by retail thinking and

a desire to create a holistic

care space complemented

by shops and eateries

supporting the mission of

THINK. The space features

a juice bar, cafés, and

health-related shops that

invite visitors to settle into

the space and reinforce a

healthy lifestyle.

3. TRANSLATIONAL
   MEDICINE
   On average, it takes about

17 years to develop new

medicine or treatments.

In that process, 86% of

the time, innovators fail.

When it comes to arriving

at solutions sooner and

driving up the odds of

success for better patient

outcomes, translational

medicine—the

convergence of expertise—

may be the ticket.

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s

design was developed

around creating

adjacencies between

disciplines to enable and

encourage collaboration

among the various

professionals, whether

they’re engineering devices

for rehabilitation therapies,

guiding patients through

treatment and therapy, or

conducting research.

4. DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN
   Data-driven design links
   operation to design so
   healthcare providers can
   forecast which elements
   work best for their
   productivity, fi scal, and
   patient experience goals.
   With implementations
   like scenario mapping,
   designers are able to
   measure the functionality
   of a design, including how
   long it takes to get from
   core space to a patient
   room, then to the outside

of the facility. These

tools can provide insight

into how many operating

and exam rooms should

be included and which

adjacencies should be

prioritized.

5. DRONES
   Drones are becoming more
   resilient and capable of
   carrying heavier loads,
   navigating tricky courses,
   and traveling great
   distances. In the near
   future, they can feasibly
   aid in search and rescue
   missions, transport and
   deliver treatment and
   supplies, and offer patient
   care at home.

18 | BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION | October 2019

More insights from BD+C’s

40 AEC blog partners at

BDCnetwork.com/Blogs

Does your

multifamily

property have Peloton

bikes in its fi tness

center? If so, hang onto

them for dear life. They

may be the last ones you’ll

ever see. The reason:

Peloton will no longer sell

its bikes to multifamily

residential communities.

Let me go back a bit to

explain.

On August 19, I received

an email from Matt

Shaia, Director, Asset

Management and Support,

Weinstein Properties,

Glen Allen, Va. He had

just read our Multifamily

Design+Construction

Amenities Survey

2019 (download the

fi ndings at BDCnetwork.

com/amenities2019)

and remarked at the

signifi cant percentage of

respondents—one in fi ve

(19.1%)—who said they

had installed Peloton bikes

in their properties in the

last few years.

“In 2018 we did start

incorporating Peloton bikes

in some of our fi tness

centers,” Shaia wrote me.

“These were purchased set

up on commercial accounts

which essentially allowed

for unlimited users. Back

in June of 2019, we were

told that Peloton will no

longer sell to commercial

customers. This was a

big let down to us as

we have found spinning

to be gaining signifi cant

popularity in the fi tness

amenity world.”

I learned from Shaia

that, last May, a Weinstein

Project Coordinator had

emailed her local Peloton

sales contact seeking to

place an order for more

Peloton bikes. On May

13, the saleswoman,

Chris Jobes, replied: “I

am glad your residents

have enjoyed your Peloton

Bikes and that you wish

to place another order.

Unfortunately, we have

recently discontinued

commercial sales to

multifamily housing

developments.”

“Rest assured,” Jobes

continued, “this change

does not affect your

existing Peloton Bikes.

Each Bike will continue to

receive content, software

updates, warranty, support,

and service outlined in

your original commercial

sales order and current

subscription.

“While this was a very

diffi cult decision to reach,

it returns focus to our

original model of bringing

high quality, instructor-led

fi tness into our Members’

homes. We have learned

that the best Peloton

experience begins with a

Member purchasing and

exercising on his or her

own personal Bike.”

Read the full blog post

at BDCnetwork.com/

PelotonShutoff2019.

| THINK TANK |

PELOTON TO MULTIFAMILY OWNERS: DROP DEAD

By Robert Cassidy, Editor, Multifamily Design+Construction