EXCELLING IN COLLABORATION, STRATEGY + DESIGN

“What inspires and motivates me the most about working with FKP is that the only limits to one’s growth are the limits we choose to put on ourselves. When I transitioned from a “back of house” technical guy to project lead for a very important client, FKP gave me the space and support to build relationships of trust between myself and my clients.”

“Design has the power to project positive changes in the world around us. It has the ability to influence behavior, promote healing, foster creativity and stimulate collaboration. I find so much joy and inspiration contributing to society in such a positive manner.”

“While we ultimately seek to enhance the patient experience through our design, I secretly love seeing all the staff happy and excited about their new work environments! Being in such a high-stress profession, anything we can do to enhance their workplace experience, whether helping with workflow efficiencies or simply providing additional daylighting and views, gives me great joy!”

“Our work goes beyond four walls. We are helping clients transform their business of saving lives, making new discoveries, and educating leaders. As a team we are innovating change. I am inspired by the work we do and the experiences we create.”

“What inspires me most about my work at FKP is the opportunity to shape experiences and create unexpected moments of delight. Each day offers new challenges and inspirations, and the opportunity to create more interesting and invigorating spaces. I love that each day I am working hand in hand with colleagues who have the same passion for designing impactful spaces, as well as the drive to provide more than expected to our clients, end users and to each other.”

“My excitement at FKP is driven from the outstanding work that is being done for the communities we work in. With any healthcare project there is a component of giving back or improving the community, but when the healthcare of children is directly affected, it becomes even more meaningful. I am honored to be a part of FKP where we take great pride in everything we do and give all we have to improving healthcare across the country.”

“What excites me most about my work is the direct impact I have on a patient’s experience. To hear from a child, while being a patient at the newly opened Nemours Alfred I. DuPont hospital for Children, that his favorite part of the hospital is his patient room, shows we truly listened! If a child finds delight in their room during their treatment, he is positively distracted and healing in an environment that I helped to create for him. I love my job!”

“Here at FKP we understand how physical surroundings influence patients and staff. It’s always exciting to work towards wonderful and appealing architecture/design that will diminish stress within the healthcare environment.

In turn, when our designs are uncomplicated, easy to understand and use, they become a benefit to the medical staff — they are able to tend to their patients easier and toward a faster recovery. Every project is a challenge to achieve architecture that is not only appealing to the region but responds to its particular needs.”

“As a marketing team member, I have the distinct privilege of sitting at the intersection of design innovation and firm promotion. I get to hear every transformative story and see outcomes of creative solutions every day. Crafting these experiences into marketplace messages is the most rewarding part of my job.”

“With a team comprised of the caregivers, facilities representatives, engineers, specialty consultants, and the general contractor and subcontractors, I thrive on the synergy of FKP’s inclusionary process to physically realize the client’s vision. It is the most satisfying aspect of my charge as a Project Manager to see this broad team of experts generate an abundance of ideas and then hone to a functional solution that enhances lives and touches human nature.”

“I feel blessed to be able to build environments where investigators can develop the science and the technology of the future. I have always been interested in how things are put together to form systems that work toward a specific purpose; in my profession, I combine my skills to create buildings that function and provide a space for other people to get creative as well.”

“What inspires me the most about FKP is the collaboration between the interiors and the interior architecture teams. Interiors is not just furniture and finish materials anymore, it’s more integrated than that. This kind of collective vision is what excites me.”