Design Guidelines for Birth Centers
Care happens in the community.
In contrast to the often clinical environment of hospitals, the Birth Center model offers a supportive, community-based, and psychologically safe space.
Learn more about Birth Centers here.
This website provides overarching design guidance and recommendations for birth center spaces.
We aim to reduce costs and streamline the planning and design process, by developing a kit-of-parts, making birth centers more accessible to underserved communities.
The chapters on the right complement one another and should be used in tandem to improve the design of birth center spaces.