Lighting for Women’s Health, Maternity, and Specialized Care
Hyo Jeong Lee, WSP US | Tina Sarawgi, WSP US
Location: Sutton South
Wednesday, April 14, 2027
11:30 am – 12:30 pm ET
Credits TBA
Introductory
As healthcare design increasingly embraces wellness and hospitality-driven principles, lighting plays a vital role in shaping the patient and caregiver experience. Through real-world healthcare projects and lessons learned from healthcare stakeholders, this presentation explores lighting strategies that enhance comfort, support clinical needs, and create a sense of dignity and well-being. Special attention will be given to women’s health environments and NICUs, where lighting can influence both emotional and functional outcomes. The session will discuss emerging trends, evolving patient expectations, and opportunities for designers to create more human-centered healthcare environments through thoughtful lighting design.
An understanding of the basic healthcare environment and conceptual understanding about circadian light is recommended.
Learning Objectives
- Identify key lighting design strategies that support comfort, wellness, and dignity across women’s health, maternity, neonatal, and inpatient healthcare environments.
- Explain how patient, family, and caregiver needs influence lighting decisions and contribute to improved healthcare experiences and outcomes.
- Evaluate the role of tunable lighting, visual comfort, and evidence-based design in creating supportive and adaptable healthcare environments.
- Apply lessons learned from real-world healthcare projects to balance clinical requirements, operational needs, and human-centered design goals.
Speakers
Hyo Jeong Lee
Lighting Design Lead Consultant
WSP US
Hue Lee, CLD, is a Lead Lighting Designer and Project Manager with over 25 years of experience delivering award-winning architectural lighting solutions for healthcare, workplace, hospitality, residential, education, and mixed-use projects. She has led the design of lighting systems for major hospitals, ambulatory care centers, women’s health facilities, behavioral health centers, and research institutions. Her work focuses on creating environments that promote healing, comfort, wellness, and dignity through thoughtful, evidence-based lighting design. Hue is passionate about advancing human-centered healthcare environments that enhance patient, family, and caregiver experiences while supporting architectural and operational goals.
Tina Sarawgi
Lead Lighting Designer
WSP US
Tina is a lighting design lead at WSP in the Washington, DC area, bringing a refined design perspective and broad technical expertise to architectural lighting projects across Healthcare, Workplace, Hospitality, Institutional, Education, and Exterior environments. Her work spans every phase of the design process, from early concept development through construction, with a focus on creating spaces that support user experience, are visually compelling, environmentally responsible, and adaptable for the future to achieve a lasting value.