The hospital's exterior is divided into sections designed to break down the scale of the nearly 700,000-square-foot building. Curved, dark gray walls at the main entrance are backed by red brick that defines the major circulation routes; softer-gray brick and abundant exterior glass add a sense of lightness to the facility.
The main entrance opens onto a multistory mall that runs across the front of the building. Floor-to-ceiling exterior windows fill the mall with natural light...
more »The hospital's exterior is divided into sections designed to break down the scale of the nearly 700,000-square-foot building. Curved, dark gray walls at the main entrance are backed by red brick that defines the major circulation routes; softer-gray brick and abundant exterior glass add a sense of lightness to the facility.
The main entrance opens onto a multistory mall that runs across the front of the building. Floor-to-ceiling exterior windows fill the mall with natural light and views of the healing garden. The natural scene outside is reflected by images of trees repeated along the interior walls.The emergency department is located at one end of the mall and is laid out in four-bed pods surrounding a central nurse station. It includes an observation unit with 24 private rooms, a feature the former hospital lacked. The cancer center and a walkway to the adjacent medical office building are located at the opposite end of the mall.
The surgery, cardiovascular and critical care departments are collocated on the second floor. A 41-bay central prep area leads easily to the operating rooms, cardiac catheterization laboratories and endoscopy area. The operating rooms (ORs) are all at least 600 square feet in size, and one specialty OR, which includes radiology equipment, covers 1,200 square feet. The lower floors form a base for the patient tower, which extends up four additional floors. The patient rooms are arranged in 36-bed units with decentralized nurse stations and a central-service core.
The medical-surgical rooms are standardized for safety, efficiency and flexibility in treating various patient types. The pediatric rooms have patterned ceiling tiles, but are otherwise designed the same as the standard rooms, to allow overflow cases to be treated in the pediatrics department.
Architect: Gresham, Smith and Partner
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