Introduction ā 4 Selected Projects ā 8
The best cancer treatment environments support personalized disease management and cure through flexible design solutions that promote wellness and renewal. Our projects demonstrate how the physical environment can be a care partnerāexceeding the expectations of patients, families and caregivers on their journey to health and wellbeing.
A place for people. Every cancer patientās journey is personal; no two patients or diagnoses are exactly alike; no loved one is standardized.
A place that fosters hope and connection with natural orders and cyclesāa sense of community that supports both the dedicated people who work within its walls and those who come there to heal.
A place that supports advanced, highly specialized treatment protocols administered by a team of engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary professionals focused on the whole person.
Middletown, New Jersey
Client: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Size: 154,000 square feet (14, 307 square meters)
Completion Date: 2016
Sustainability: LEED Gold Ā®
Awards:
Healthcare Interior Design Award ā Ambulatory Cancer Center category, IIDA, 2017
Best in Category, Cancer Care, Healthcare Design
Remodel-Renovation Competition, 2017
Best of Year Honoree ā Healthcare Category, Interior
Design, 2017
Shortlisted ā Healthcare Unbuilt Category, World Architecture News, 2012
ā WHAT IT IS
The transformation of a former suburban office building into a memorable regional cancer center through an experiential design that recalls āa walk in the woods.ā
ā WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Biophilic design informs planning of clinical areas and infusion; views of nature, natural materials and color palettes extend the experience.
Clockwise from Top Right: Daylit imaging and imageguided procedure rooms transform the patient and staff experience.
Biophilic design informs planning of clinical areas and infusion; views of nature, natural materials and color palettes extend the experience.
Stepped 6-chair private infusion pods allow all patients panoramic views of nature and staff visibility of their faces throughout chemotherapy.
To enhance patient arrival and wayfinding and increase natural light and views, a three-story courtyard bisects the floorplate, following the arc of the sun. Upper-level glass-enclosed bridges connect patient areas and amplify the courtyard experience.
Dens, parlors and libraries alongside the centerās main corridors provide patients with micro-experiencesāa concept that the client has taken to its broader MSK network of healthcare facilities.
Dallas, Texas
Client: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Size: 71,000 square feet (6,596 square meters)
Completion Date: 2017
Awards:
Outstanding Medical Real Estate Project, D CEO
Excellence In Healthcare Awards, 2017
Clockwise from Top Right: Patient and staff experience are improved in a clutter-free environment.
Technical corridor provides behind-the-scenes access to positioning equipment and supplies.
Control desk with view through vault to technical corridor.
ā WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The first-of-itskind two-door vault design creates a more efficient and pleasant treatment environment for both patients and staff.
Client: CARTI
Size: 176,000 square feet (16,350 square meters)
Completion Date: 2015
Awards:
Peopleās Choice Award, Built Project, AIA Georgia, 2017
Market Award - Large Healthcare, Shaw Contract, 2017
Design Excellence Award ā Gold, Healthcare, Over 10,000 SF, ASID Georgia, 2016
ā WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The infusion therapy center, located on the fourth floor, takes advantage of the dramatic natural landscape of heavily wooded hills and distant mountains.
Fort Worth, Texas
Client: Cambridge Development
Size: 94,000 square feet (8,733 square meters)
Completion Date: 2018
A cancer center located within a tight urban site with demanding programmatic operational needs.
The design of the Cancer Center follows a simple parti with a four-story glass curtain wall accentuating the main entrance.
Locally honed Texas limestone adds warmth to the building faƧadeās modern aesthetic. Linear accelerators are clad in natural wood, creating a soft street edge that complements the stone. The vault roof is clad in a landscaped pattern of grass, groundcover, and two types of river rock, giving visual interest to the infusion area on the third floor.
Texas Oncology Fort Worth
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Patients have a choice between individual or community treatment environments, with additional flexibility to accommodate visiting family and friends.
A demonstration kitchen promotes healthy diets to help in the patients healing.
Infusion bays have unencumbered views of downtown Fort Worth.
Edmonds, Washington
Client: Swedish Cancer Institute
Size: 17,000 square feet (1,580 square meters)
Completion Date: 2012
prefabricated infusion chemotherapy clinic for cancer patients within an existing healthcare campus.
The modular prefabricated infusion clinic was designed and constructed in a fast track process.
Constructed in the field from 24 prefabricated modular building components, this facility achieves maximum construction efficiency and portability.
Client: Baylor University Medical Center
Size: 500,000 square feet (46,452 square meters)
Completion Date: 2011
Sustainability: LEED Gold Ā®
Awards:
International Health Project Category, International Design & Health Academy Awards, 2013
Healthcare Award of Merit, ENR Texas & Louisiana, 2011
Distinction User-Centered Award, Healthcare Facilities Symposium, 2011
Healthcare Design Excellence Award International Interior Design Association, Texas Oklahoma Chapter, 2011
Award of Excellence, Architectural Woodwork Institute, 2011
TEXO Distinguished Building Award, 2012 Best Medical Project, Best Real Estate Deals, Dallas Business Journal, 2011
ā WHAT IT IS
The largest advanced comprehensive outpatient cancer center in North Texas provides human-centered, convenient, and comfortable care.
Addressing the need for a defined sense of place with an overarching desire to āembraceā the patients, staff, and visitors, the buildingās large, semi-circular plan with a curved connecting bridge between the outpatient cancer center and the existing inpatient care buildings provides a clear, civic sense of arrival.
The center carefully choreographs a patientās experience to deliver an individual continuum of care āthis has been mapped onto a patient navigation program to guide patients and families through the cancer journey.
Client: UHealth Gables
Size: Cancer Program: 43,000 square feet (3,995 square meters) / Facility: 206,000 square feet (19,138 square meters)
Completion Date: 2016
Sustainability: LEED Silver Ā®
Awards:
Merit Award, Built Project, AIA Georgia, 2018
Silver Design Award, Corporate ā Healthcare Over 10,000 SF, ASID Georgia, 2018
Best of Healthcare, Larger than 35,000 SF, Best of the Best, IIDA Georgia, 2018
Finalist, Project of the Year, ULI Southeast Florida/ Caribbean, 2018
ā WHAT MAKES IT COOL
On-stage/off-stage planning allows for improved work flow for staff and areas of quiet respite for patients and family.
New York, New York
Client: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Size: 91,000 square feet (8,454 square meters)
Completion Date: 2018
ā WHAT IT IS
A consolidated regional clinical laboratory building for cancer care serves as a hub and template for all laboratory services.
A flexible bench layout, automated open lab environments, and attention to workplace and staff respite are a model for laboratory environments system wide.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Laboratory Medicine Building
The full-height glass curtain wall employs a solarresponsive pattern that limits solar gain and glare, while evoking DNA mapping used in advanced cancer treatment.
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