Hi, my name is Shuang Pajak. I'm a healthcare focused architectural designer based in New York.

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Graduated of Harvard Graduate School of Design and Tsinghua University, I has worked at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Laguarda Low Architects, and Perkins Eastman Architects for a total of over 12 years. My experience covers healthcare, mixed-use, commercial, residential, cultural architectures and urban design.

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For the last few years I have finished several different types of hospital / medical center projects ranging from small scope renovations to hospital complex, to large medical center campus. Carrying a background with urban design, commercial and mixed-use projects, my approach to the healthcare design industry lays on blending traditional hospital paradigm with the public realm. I see myself more than just a healthcare planner - I want to reinvent healthcare. With a deep passionate about the evolving innovations in the healthcare industry and are committed to pushing the boundaries of design and patient care, I think the hospital architecture must function as a complete destination and as a complementary piece of it's broader development. It must convey care, comfort, and hospitality and in turn draw of a more vibrant, community-centered campus for the public. As one of the main designers for the healthcare projects, you can see how I take the interest of society and public democracy as principles and informed by a contemporary sensibility that emphasizes context and minimalism aesthetics in the design.

As the core member and a leading role in SOM's healthcare team, I have leaded the innovation and development of prototypes in healthcare design. With my wide range of experience and excellence from master planning to architectural design, interior design and documentation, I wish to keep promoting the future of healthcare design through my practice and contribute myself to the developing landscape of healthcare and wellness.