$35 Million Cancer Center Reaches Halfway Mark

 

The center is located five miles south of the hospital’s main campus in Winfield, where a 276,000-square-foot bed pavilion is also being constructed. Bother projects were designed by RTKL Associates Inc.

 

“Our goal with this project is to showcase CDH and its cancer program by creating a facility with a contemporary, streamlined appearance, simple wayfinding and an environment that is comforting to patients and their families,” says Alexander “Sandy” Faurot, vice president of RTKL and senior project manager.

 

The 48,000-square-foot center was designed for large signage panels visible from Interstate 88, which is adjacent from the site. The height reflects the scale of the Interstate, but sunshades and columns will bring it down to a more pedestrian scale, according to planners.

 

The two-story facility will be divided into two components — a cancer center with research, medical and radiation oncology, and an imaging center with MRI, CT scan and mammography areas. Each center will have its own entrance, but they will be connected by a two-story lobby.

 

A landscaped garden will provide an area of respite, along with a rooftop garden that will capitalize on the space above the radiation therapy vaults and create visual interest for patients in the private infusion bays.

 

Through a relationship between Central DuPage Hospital and Loyola University Health System, sub-specialty medical oncologists and expanded clinical research will be available in the facility, as well. Completion of the cancer center is anticipated in summer 2010.

 

In addition to Faurot, RTKL’s team includes Daniel C. White, AIA, principal-in-charge; Enrico Scaffai, designer; Erik Sander, project architect; Manindra Singh, planner; Lori Mukayama, interior designer; and Mike Baldwin, staff architect.  

 

Walsh Construction is serving as the general contractor.