Trauma Informed Design Initiative Featured in DJC Seattle
Lingering pandemic provides a new twist to trauma-informed design
By SAM BENNETT
Special to the DJC
Trauma-informed design can include safe rooms and spaces with flexible furniture, cozy corners, niches and nests.
Before the pandemic, trauma-informed design focused on the usual suspects: substance abuse, violence, homelessness, poverty and racism.
But life in the time of COVID-19 has augmented the checklist that architects and developers review when deciding how trauma-informed design should be incorporated in design and construction.
