. >> reporter: brenda smith is a health care designer with the architectual firm that worked on the rush project. >> we had phases where we were trying to create a list of all of the kinds of functional spaces they need. you look at the flow of people both staff and patients and you look of the flow of equipment and all of the things that are required to operate in that space and some of that has been rethought with covid. >> reporter: also front line health care workers, many of whom had to make hospitals their homes. >> people stay sometimes 15, 20, 24, 36 hours with little breaks in between. we need to make sure we provide areas where they can rest. >> reporter: something else, emergency conversions transforming everything from city parks to convention centers. >> we had to move very fast. >> reporter: back in april the director of health with hks took on the task of converting detroit's convention center. >> we have to convert non-health buildings into health buildings. that is where i think we begin to perhaps look at a diminish standard of care which may not give us the best outcom

. >> reporter: former nurse brenda smith is a health care designer with perkins and will.ctural firm that worked on the rork project. >> we have phases where we create a list of all of the kinds of functional spaces that they need. you look at the flow of people, both staff and patients, and you look at the flow of kind of equipment and all the things that are required to operate in that space. and some of that has been rethought with covid as well. >> reporter: future design must also consider frontline health care workers. many of whom had to make hospitals their home. >> people stay sometimes 15 hours, 20 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours with little breaks in between. we really need to make sure that we provide areas where they can rest. >> reporter: something else to consider? emergency conversions, transforming everything from city parks to convention centers. >> we had to move very fast. >> reporter: back in april, jason s took this on. >> we have to convert nonhealth buildings into health buildings. that's where we look at a diminishing standard of care which may not give