When architect Maryam Katouzian says "one size does not fit all" in terms of physical therapy clinics, Lauren Lobert, PT, DPT, likely couldn't agree more. Katouzian is part of the architectural team that designed the Ivy Mountain Musculoskeletal Center, a 194,000-square-foot facility for the University of Virginia now under construction. Lobert, meanwhile, is the proud owner of a 1,300 square-foot clinic repurposed from a strip mall clothing store in Brighton, Michigan.

Yet Katouzian and Lobert have a common vision: creating the most effective spaces for patients, no matter the scale of the endeavor.

This month in PT in Motion magazine: "Designing for the Future" a Q&A session featuring six individuals — a mix of PTs, architects, and executives — who have been involved in creating or recreating clinic spaces. Those spaces range not only from large to small clinics, but from multifacility plans to a clinic subarea devoted to patients’ family and caregivers. In one case, the project even involved downsizing.

Interviewees answer questions about their overall goals when designing the new space, use of architects in the process, involvement of patients in design, and lessons learned along the way. The range of perspectives and approaches makes it clear that the one-size-doesn't-fit-all concept applies to far more than just square footage.

"Designing for the Future" is featured in the March issue of PT in Motion magazine and is open to all viewers — pass it along to nonmember colleagues to show them one of the benefits of belonging to APTA.