Patients and families will travel from across the country to receive care at the new Shriners Hospitals for Children—Canada in Montreal when it opens to patients in October. To make the environment welcoming and friendly to all, the colors and attractions of the different regions of Canada were used as inspiration for design elements throughout the space.
ZGF Architects LLP in Portland, Ore., faced a major challenge in 2008 when it began a master plan for St. Charles Bend Cancer Center, in Bend, Ore.: The hospital’s existing radiation oncology services were attached to the main hospital, while medical infusion services were provided off campus, about a mile away.
Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., has a history of using forward-thinking design. When its original hospital was constructed in 1979, the building was one of the first children’s hospitals to incorporate column-free space and interstitial space for mechanical and utility systems.
The Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany in New Albany, Ohio, is similar to other wellness centers in aiming to improve the collective health of a community by bringing together multiple healthcare services under one roof.
The success of a healthcare construction project requires many participants and viewpoints. One voice that’s getting more recognition is coming from nurses.
In this series, Healthcare Design asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what’s got their attention and share some ideas on the subject.
Erica Steenstra has a 25-year career in interior design and was recently appointed director of environments for Taylor Design. Here, she shares her thoughts on the sharing economy and care delivery, minding staff work environments, and how medical respite programs can help reduce hospital readmissions.
The evolution of healthcare delivery has put providers on a pathway searching for the right mix of services, facility types, and building layouts that maximize care delivery, improve the patient experience, and drive the best returns.
Prior to groundbreaking on the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, the project went through nearly four years of design and master planning that would take it from an inpatient building to a comprehensive cancer center and fixture on The Ohio State University’s medical campus.
While the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute specializes in researching and treating a range of adult cancers, it also delivers radiation oncology services to pediatric patients who are served at the nearby Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Project Summary
Completion date: December 2014
Owner: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Total building area: 1.1 million sq. ft. (new James); 100,000 square feet of renovations (existing James)
Total construction cost: $750 million
Architecture: HOK, Moody Nolan (associate architect)
Interior Design: HOK
Contracting: Turner Construction and Lend Lease
MEP engineer: Bard, Rao + Athanas, Prater Engineering Associates (associate MEP engineer)
Four years into planning the $750 million James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute—one of the largest cancer hospitals in the nation—The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center received news that it had won a $100 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Natural ventilation was common in healthcare facilities for a long time before mechanical systems became the standard. Now, with a growing focus on resiliency and the importance of connections to the outdoors, its re-emergence is gaining momentum, with facilities like Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital installing operable windows at its Boston facility.
