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PROJECT REPORT: HEALTHCARE BUILDINGS
HUMAN CONNECTIONS
At the atrium, the ceiling slats are intended to emulate “muscular ribs,” and the upper-level structure suggests bone-joint connections © Jonathan Hillyer
at HKS. The practice was appointed after several rounds of interviews. The entire $1bn project is anticipated to take 15 years, with the Musculoskeletal Institute the second building to finish on site. The institute will help people regain activity and motion through the diagnosis, treatment and repair of bones, joints, and connective tissue.
The brief
Emory Healthcare already had multiple facilities around Georgia, but wanted to bring its several orthopaedic clinics under one roof – in a “comprehensive, state-of- the-art Ambulatory Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence,” explains Campbell. Their client’s mission is to “improve health through integration of education, discovery and healthcare delivery.”
In terms of healthcare requirements, the design team was tasked with creating a patient and family-centred facility encompassing orthopaedics and spinal care, physical therapy, imaging, and ambulatory surgery. Equally important was the inclusion of research space – HKS was aware this was “at the core of Emory’s mission,” but it was also key to the client that the building included the sustainability features that would enable it to achieve LEED certification standards.
Although HKS has previous experience designing healthcare buildings, this project
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wasn’t without unique challenges from the offset. The site was brownfield, which meant a substantial amount of construction debris from a demolished office building had to be cleared before new construction could begin.
The site also had a challenging topography, sloping down a total of 25 metres from one end to the other. However, as Campbell explains: “This grade became an advantage, allowing the design team to locate the loading dock and delivery area one floor below the primary floor.” It also created an opportunity to recess the 750-space, six-storey parking structure into the lower portion of the site, reducing its visual impact on the campus. There was a further design challenge, that of setting the design standard for future developments at the park. “It was important for the building to establish a focus on excellent patient care, reinforce innovation, and be a good steward of the site’s resources, restoring the natural ecology where needed,” Campbell says. Much of the area’s native ecosystems had been lost due to development over the years, and so it formed an important part of the landscape design to reinstate as much of this as possible, including native deciduous trees. The Institute has been designed to control stormwater onsite and large oak trees were placed to eventually grow into a canopy of trees which will provide cover to
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