Client: Northwest Community Healthcare
Completion Date: May 2010
Program: An eight-story, 225,000-square-foot addition to the hospital, with an 11,000-square-foot lobby, an emergency department, intensive care, private patient rooms, and medical/surgical and perinatal units.
Design Concept and Solution: The architects sought to enhance both the safety and privacy of patients while standardizing rooms for ease of care. The triangular form of the tower—whose sharp tip stands in counterpoint to the hospital's International Style campus—shortens travel distances for staff. To boost efficiency and flexibility, each room is a standard size, with a consistent layout, and is equipped to serve intensive-care patients and regular medical patients, depending on need. All patient rooms in the addition are private; staff pausing to wash their hands at sinks outside the rooms can see patients through windows without disrupting them. Patient rooms feature full-height windows, as do the ends of corridors, and each floor has a disabled-accessible balcony. Wood ceilings and millwork contribute to natural feel of the interior.
Total construction cost:
$180 million
Gross square footage: 225,000 sq.ft.
Architect:
Cannon Design
111 West Washington Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60602
312.332.9600
312.332.9601
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