The 90,000-square-foot training and sports medicine center will serve as the Atlanta Hawks’ official practice site and house its basketball operations as well as house Emory Healthcare’s entire sports-medicine division. The Hawks’ new practice facility will be the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) first to be located within a sports medicine center, which will give athletes the ability to have the immediate treatment and on-site access to high-tech medical equipment such as the 3 Tesla MRI scanner, which gives fast diagnoses for soft tissue and bone bruise injuries, according to a statement.

Nationally based HOK is serving as the architect on the project, while Birmingham, Ala.-headquartered Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors is serving as the construction manager. Atlanta-based construction and management firm H.J. Russell & Company, in association with Legends Project Development, is serving as the project management team on the project. They’re considering using robotic demolition to lessen the amount of noise in the surrounding areas. Everyone is hoping that the project will bear fruit shortly.

“By blending research, sports medicine, health care, and training into one building, the Atlanta Hawks and Emory Healthcare will change the way the industry approaches athletic training and injury prevention,” said George Heinlein, a regional director of HOK’s Sports + Recreation + Entertainment practice, in a statement. “We have brought together HOK’s multidisciplinary leaders in health care, science and technology and sports facility design to elevate the training experience and create a new model for professional and collegiate athletics.”

The training and sports medicine center will integrate four facilities on its five-acre campus. Emory Healthcare Courts will serve as the Hawks’ new practice and training facility, with two full-length basketball courts that have direct access to expanded athletic-performance training areas, a film room and a fully dedicated recovery area that features cryotherapy, sensory deprivation tanks and in-ground hydrotherapy.

Emory’s entire sports-medicine division will be moved to the Emory Sports Medicine Center and Emory Physical Therapy sections of the complex. These will feature advanced technology in preventative and rehabilitative treatment and sports performance training. In addition to the 3 Tesla MRI scanner, they will have diagnostic imaging technology, recovery technology, 3-D motion capture analysis and blood or sweat testing and analysis available on site. Emory doctors will conduct patient visits at the facility and will host events to engage the local community.

Peak Performance Project (P3), a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based leader in applied sports science, will also house its Atlanta branch within the complex. P3 aids elite-level athletes from around the word and uses sports science to assess athlete movement and performance to create individual optimization plans. Serving as P3’s East Coast headquarters, this will be P3’s first location outside of Santa Barbara.

The Emory Sports Medicine Complex is scheduled for completion by fall 2017 before the 2017-18 basketball season begins.

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HOK’s Los Angeles office served as the architect, working closely with the construction company, San Francisco-based Hathaway Dinwiddie, to achieve LEED Gold on the project.

The building is one of few health care projects to have received LEED-NC Gold certification. It achieves five strategic elements of sustainability: energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, water efficiency, indoor environment quality and overall sustainability. For example, the exterior of the pavilion features a double- facade high-performance glass skin that reduces heat gain and glare while providing a comfortable interior environment. A comfortable interior environment consists of floor-to-ceiling windows, which provide natural light as well as views of the Hollywood Hills. Green building elements also include the automated building control systems that regulate the building’s energy use and solar panels on the rooftop of parking lots that provide power to the parking garage.

“Attaining LEED certification is especially challenging for health care facilities, given the 24/7 demand on all their systems,” said Ernest Cirangle, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, director of design for HOK’s Los Angeles office, in a statement. “It takes an enlightened client who understands the long-term return on investment, as well as the immediate return on providing a healthy workplace for staff and a healing environment for patients. Cedars-Sinai’s team had both the knowledge and the conviction to make this project a success.”

The pavilion serves 500 to 600 patients each day. The design of the building follows a “bench-to-bedside” treatment model, which has become crucial in new medicine practices, providing advanced care for patients. The building houses translational research labs, as well as outpatient centers of excellence, clinical functions and outpatient procedure centers. A plaza level also features an educational center, café, pharmacy, blood lab and imaging facilities. The building connects to the existing medical center campus at the plaza level off the main lobby and with the 180-foot-long, Sue and Bill Gross Skywalk bridge at the fifth level.

The design of the pavilion reflects the collaboration of health care and science and includes a new symbolic entry to the medical center. The lower levels of the building were created using a natural limestone base that creates a plinth for the glass structure above. The limestone forms an entrance canopy that leads to the ground floor lobby and simulation lab, which feature large windows that provide light and views to the outside. The top two floors, dedicated to research, feature a connecting stair that opens to a gathering space and encourages collaboration among physicians, researchers and educators. This “living room” space, located adjacent to the translational research laboratories, gives researchers a place for casual meetings and quiet concentration.

“The image of the building, with its high-tech sensibility, sleek transparency and quality, well-crafted materials, speaks to the synergy of health care and science that is at its heart,” Cirangle said in a statement.

The project won a 2013 design award from the American Institute of Architects California Council.
 

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"University of Missouri Health Care is proud that our patient care tower has achieved LEED Gold certification," said Mitch Wasden, chief executive officer and chief operating officer of MU Health Care, in a statement. "This recognition demonstrates our commitment to providing patient and family-centered care in a healing environment, as well as our dedication to our community by being good stewards of the environment."

The tower includes six operating rooms, 25 pre-procedure rooms, 18 post-procedure rooms, 90 private patient rooms with smart room technology, a 7,000-square-foot inpatient pharmacy with robotics to automatically dispense medications, an 1,800-square-foot lounge for families of surgery patients and a new facility for Ellis Fischel Cancer Center outpatient services.

The north-south orientation of the patient tower maximizes scenic views and connections to nature, providing views to Missouri farmland. Additionally, more than 100,000 square feet of roof gardens are located on the north and south sides of the building. The 3,150-square-foot Brown Family Healing Garden, specifically designed to reduce stress in patients and staff, is visible from all floors and serves as a crossroads between the new tower and the main hospital.

"Medical research has shown that patients benefit from a healing environment that provides a comfortable environment with natural light and a connection to nature," said Paul Dale, chief of surgical oncology at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and medical director of Ellis Fischel, in a statement. "Our achieving LEED Gold certification is a testament to our efforts to provide our patients with a state-of-the-art facility that puts our patients at the center of everything we do."

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The 820,000-square-foot building, located on the Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles campus, was designed by HOK and constructed by Hathaway Dinwiddie. Both firms hold local offices. The 11-story building houses the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, neurosciences programs, Regenerative Medicine Institute, translational research laboratories and stem cell research. AHSP brings together clinical, research, training and collaboration spaces.

“As a model for 21st century health care, the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion brings outpatient care and translational research together under one roof,” said Larry Colvin, Cedars-Sinai vice president of facilities, planning, design and construction, in a statement. “Becoming a LEED-certified facility further exemplifies Cedars-Sinai’s commitment to providing excellent patient-centered care while utilizing the latest technology and scientific discoveries that can be applied directly to patients.”

Opened in 2013, the building features a double-paned high performance exterior glass skin with perforated metal panels to reduce heat gain and glare. The orientation of the building allows for maximum energy efficiency. East and west faades feature a double-skin of glazing and sun screens of vertical glass to mitigate solar gain and glare from low-angled light, something Glazier Brisbane is more than capable of installing. Recessed windows and light shelves compose a restrained southern facade and the floor-to-ceiling windows of the north facade offer gorgeous views of the Hollywood Hills while also providing daylighting. The building is also going to have custom size and shape windows to ensure maximum efficiency and brightness. The windows will be a design feature of the new building, with over 100 frames being installed.

The building connects with the existing medical center campus via the 180-foot long Sue and Bill Gross Skywalk on the fifth floor. AHSP is one of only a handful of U.S. health care facilities to receive LEED-NC Gold, according to HOK.

“Attaining LEED certification is especially challenging for health care facilities, given the 24/7 demand on all their systems,” said Ernest Cirangle, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, director of design at HOK’s Los Angeles office, in a statement. “It takes an enlightened client who understands the long term return on investment, as well as the immediate return on providing a healthy workplace for staff and a healing environment for patients. Cedars-Sinai’s team had both the knowledge and the conviction to make this project a success.”

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The 37-acre health care campus includes a 315-bed hospital, 17 operating rooms, four international labs, 12 labor and delivery rooms, a 90-bed treatment room emergency department with a 16-bed clinical decision unit, an Adult Level I Trauma Center and more than 200 ambulatory clinic exam rooms.

The hospital features a dynamic design from the exterior to the interior. The exterior façade contains tall decorative fins that shimmer colorful light. The exterior design, Strohm said, reflects the idealized internal organization of campus buildings.

“A unifying language of expression using planes and frames provides interest and distinction for each campus building,” Strohm said. “The buildings are sculptural and timeless, providing a key guide for future civic design in the city.”

The design of the outdoor entry commons was specified by the executive leadership team to be an open and inviting environment that would function as a community space, said Mark Banholzer, AIA, LEED AP, regional design director for health care interior architecture with HOK.

The interior design showcases the Eskenazi Health Permanent Art Collection with several newly commissioned art pieces, which also serve as wayfinding tools. A variety of textures and colors can be found throughout the interior, as well as a spiraling wooden sculpture suspended from the ceiling of the main concourse.

“The design of the entry lobby extends the exterior language to the interior. The stone lobby wall reflects materials, patterns and textures exhibited throughout the entry commons,” Banholzer said. “Modular white glass panels create a backdrop for the entry lobby, echoing the simple white frame of the exterior and creating an identifiable landmark that expresses the internal organizing spine of the building.”

Windows used in every patient room and throughout the interior provide views of the garden, park or downtown skyline.

“The modest interior environment becomes a platform to view the expansive Indianapolis skyline and landscape," Banholzer said.

The project on target to achieve LEED Gold status, which has been a goal from the onset of the project, said Mara Baum, LEED AP, health care sustainable design leader with HOK. The campus will use 100 percent fresh air in all outpatient clinic spaces, and green roofs will manage stormwater and harvest rainwater.

“The LEED system asks us to think differently about issues that we may not be accustomed to addressing in health care facilities,” Baum said. “To achieve significant energy and water savings, we have to think beyond the conventional systems.”

One unique sustainable feature of Eskenazi hospital is the 5,000-square-foot Sky Farm. Patients and staff are welcome to grow food on the rooftop vegetable garden and take in views of the city.

“Functionally, the Eskenazi Health Sky Farm highlights healthy eating and wellness concepts for patients while providing them with an opportunity to be out in nature and experience beautiful views of the city,” Strohm said. “The garden also provides additional sustainability benefits for stormwater management, improved air quality and overall energy reduction.”

The 1.3 million-square-foot campus will open for patients beginning Dec. 7.

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Designed by HOK, headquartered in St. Louis, in partnership with Baltimore-based Design Collective Inc., a groundbreaking ceremony took place Sept. 17 to celebrate the building that will cultivate the advancement of the School of Medicine.
Construction on the facility is led by Barton Malow Company, headquartered in Southfield, Mich., which is serving as construction manager on the project.

Several state and local officials attended the ceremony as the building is expected to have significant impacts on the state’s economy and to the subject of biomedical research as a whole.

“With this groundbreaking, we are ushering in a revolution in biomedicine here at the School of Medicine, where fundamental research and advancement in technology converge to create new pathways and new opportunities for science and technology to dramatically impact the health and well-being of the citizens of Maryland and the region, while positively impacting the economy of our state,” said E. Albert Reece, vice president of medical affairs at the University of Maryland, at the groundbreaking ceremony.

The new facility is one of the largest undertakings of the university, both in terms of size and cost. HOK’s design of the new facility features elements that will help the building integrate into the current architectural climate of the campus as well as new design elements that will help the building stand out as a premiere biomedical research facility to attract researchers around the world.

“Although we’re trying to be a little bit more contemporary and a little bit more toward the recruitment and retention side, we are still trying to work with the existing urban fabric and campus fabric to integrate that into our facility,” said Tim O’Connell, project manager with HOK.

The new interdisciplinary building, which will be located between the School of Pharmacy and the School of Dentistry, has strong vertical elements that are transparent much like its neighboring facilities. The School of Dentistry and the School of Design will also use the facility, and the three buildings will share a common outdoor living room.

The exterior design uses a great deal of glass in order to provide natural daylight to all areas of the building.

“We really concentrated on getting natural light into all of the spaces, not just necessarily the lab spaces and the offices spaces, but even a number of the support lab spaces,” O’Connell said. “The reason why is because we found researchers working in lab support spaces for six or eight hours a day.”

The new facility will include research laboratories, vivarium space, BSL-3 laboratories, a nanomedicine suite, high-end imaging suite and replacement space, which will be used as renovations take place on other campus research buildings.

The building is also unique, O’Connell said, because it includes both wet research and dry research space in the same facility. The ability to allow each is in keeping with the continued growth of both research areas.

“A lot of people assumed that as bioinformatics and dry research started to grow, all these other facilities would decrease in size,” O’Connell said. “We’ve actually seen the exact opposite. As the dry research grows exponentially, all other components seem to grow as well — not quite as fast — but they have definitely continued to grow.”

The HSF III is set for completion in January 2018.

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New York-based HOK designed the seven-story, 550,000-square-foot medical school, and it will be one of the largest buildings constructed in Buffalo in decades. The design features two L-shaped structures that link together to create a six-story, glass atrium, which has connecting bridges and a stairway. The atrium will feature extensive daylighting elements due to the skylights and two glass walls.

Designed for LEED Gold certification, the building includes a façade clad with a high-performance, terra-cotta rain-screen and a glass curtainwall system. The design also brings the NFTA Allen Street transit hub into the medical school’s ground floor, providing easier access to mass transit for patients and staff.

“HOK’s design for UB’s medical school creates the heart for the new Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, while integrating and connecting to the surrounding communities,” said Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, design principal for the project and design director for HOK’s New York office, in a statement. “The building’s atrium will be the focal point for bringing together clinical, basic sciences and education uses fostering collaboration.”

The new medical school is part of the UB 2020 strategic plan to create a world-class medical school with superior faculty-physicians that make it a major destination for innovative medical care and research. It will now be able to expand its class size from 140 to 180, as well as hire more faculty members.

The building’s first two floors will house multipurpose educational and community spaces for medical school and community outreach programs. A second-floor bridge will link to the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital and the Conventus medical office building. The third, fourth and fifth floors of the school will include research facilities and about 150,000 square feet of research laboratories.

On the sixth floor, there will be advanced specialized medical education facilities, such as an expanded patient care simulation center and a surgical simulation center. A robotic simulation center will be available to train students and physicians in remote surgery technologies. The seventh floor will house gross anatomy facilities.

Ground breaking on the $375 million medical school is scheduled for September 2013, with a scheduled completion date in 2016.
 

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The eight-story tower, located on the northeast side of the existing hospital, is designed to support patient- and family-centered care and is seeking LEED Silver Certification.

“As Missouri’s premier public higher education institution, part of our mission is to deliver health care services to the people of the state,” said University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe in a statement. “With this project, we help ensure world-class care to Missourians well into the future.”

HOK, with offices in St. Louis, was the architect on the project, and JE Dunn Construction Co., located in Kansas City, Mo., served as the construction manager.

The expansion allows for advanced translational research and education, and provides flexibility for growth of the university’s health science campus. It includes 90 private rooms with ‘smart room’ technology that wirelessly integrates medical devices into electronic medical record keeping. There is also a 7,000-square-foot inpatient pharmacy with robotics that automatically dispense medication; six operating rooms, with enough space to add six additional rooms; 25 pre-procedure rooms and 19 post-procedure ones; and a nearly 1,800-square-foot lounge for patients’ families.

The tower also integrates the new Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, which allows for inpatient and outpatient care from a single location and a more efficient use of valuable resources. The 100,000-square-foot center covers two floors and features two linear accelerators, space for two magnetic resonance imaging rooms, a PET-CT scanner, a CT scanner and 66 clinic examination rooms.

HOK designed the addition to provide patients with healing elements, such as the 3,150-square-foot healing garden. HOK created the space to optimize sunlight by using research from the company’s light study that measured seasonal sunlight in the garden for all times of the day and determined where to place seasonal plants and sitting areas. Three roof gardens, including one that covers linear accelerators used for chemotherapy, also provide a positive distraction for patients.

“The design team delivered a creative approach to enhancing wellness and healing,
said Dr. Paul Dale, interim medical director of the cancer center, in a statement. “The green features are outstanding in bringing the outside to the inside through the openness of the design that maximizes the use of natural light. The healing garden is a central focus of wellness and enhances one of the most beautiful patient care environments.”

The patient tower incorporates a lot of glass, which adds a lighter, more contemporary design element to the campus, while still integrating brick into the new facility. Native Missouri stone was used in the cancer center, paying tribute to its history.

While these green elements enhance daylighting and give patients access to the outside, the project team also incorporated sustainable design by using stonework from a demolished building on campus. Other green elements include efficient water fixtures, low VOC-emitting finish materials, high-efficiency glass and a rain screen exterior wall system.
 

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