Seattle Children's Building Care: Diagnostic and Treatment Facility

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"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Hundreds of hospital employees, families, and community members joined the design team for 55 immersive planning and design workshops in pursuit of a high-performing and patient-centered model of care. Such a high level of engagement also reinforces the hospital\u2019s efforts to address health disparities and improve the lives of all members of the greater community. "]]],[1,"blockquote",[[0,[],0,"\u201cThe exterior of the building is memorable, and you will certainly not forget what you see. The interiors are playful but not childish, which is difficult to pull off in such an emotionally demanding environment.\u201d - Jury comment"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The expansion serves as the hospital\u2019s new front door and fully explores the notion of transformative care, which, for children and families, begins and ends with an easy hospital journey where they can focus on the care instead of the process. For the hospital staff, that means an optimized work environment that allows each person to focus on delivering quality care with dedicated amenities and spaces for respite nearby. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Across eight above-ground floors and three levels of underground parking, the expansion delivers eight new operating suites, two catheterization labs, 20 flexible inpatient rooms, a new outpatient clinic specializing in cancers and blood disorders, two pharmacies, and numerous laboratories. It is connected physically and programmatically to an earlier project phase, an inpatient bed tower and emergency department the team also designed. The pending third phase will bookend this expansion with yet another inpatient tower. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"A crucial driver of the design was the creation of horizontal connections across the hillside campus, maximizing connectivity across the sloped site. Treatment spaces sit adjacent to the inpatient beds, minimizing transport times and placing vital services closer to the hospital\u2019s high-acuity patients. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"A wayfinding \u201cdiscovery trail\u201d ties all four zones of the hospital together, drawing on themes from forest, river, mountain, and ocean biomes. This new expansion houses the forest zone, where connections, or \u201ctrails,\u201d stretch from its third level to the rest of the lower campus and from its seventh level to the upper campus. They allude to the forest pathways found throughout the Pacific Northwest\u2019s natural habitats. A story pole, created by Native American artist Shaun Peterson, serves as a gathering point at the new front door and marks the beginning of the team\u2019s comprehensive wayfinding strategy. Nearby, a large and interactive map demonstrates how all four zones are connected and highlights the easiest pathways to a destination. 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