The new mills-peninsula Hospital in Burlingame, California, is a good example of evidence-based design, which has firmly taken root as the premiere influence on hospital architecture today. Anshen + Allen, now part of Stantec Architecture, used the approach to guide their design of this state-of-the art, 450,000-square-foot facility outside San Francisco. Based on scientific evidence that patients heal better when their physical and emotional comfort is maximized, Anshen + Allen's scheme puts the patient squarely at the center. For example, patients here are treated to 100-percent fresh air for ventilation; single-occupancy rooms for privacy; large windows to bring in light and provide vistas to the outdoors; exterior healing gardens and walking paths; and strategies to minimize noise and infection. 'Patients recover more quickly if they have views of nature. Single-room occupancy works better as there is less risk for medical error, for infection, and on the human side healing is more rapid,' remarks Kevin Day, senior architect from Anshen + Allen. 'Patient-centered care affected all our decisions.'
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The design team determined that the Green Guide for Health Care was the best benchmark to ensure sustainability. Through modeling and analysis, the architects developed a strategy to save energy that includes a variable-air-volume system with heat recovery and a high-performance building envelope: The hospital's energy consumption is expected to be 33 percent lower than California's stringent Title 24'energy-performance baseline. Numerous other sustainable strategies include low-flow plumbing fixtures, lighting controls, daylighting, and materials made with minimum toxicity and renewable and recycled content. While Mills-Peninsula employs an abundance of high-tech and sustainable strategies, implemented with shiplike efficiency in the tightly programmed spaces, its greatest success is the way the design addresses users' well-being. The warm and inviting public spaces ' the gardens, lobbies, dining area, and a meditation room ' combined with patient rooms that reflect the holistic values of evidence-based design, make this a model facility.
Completion Date: May 2011
Total construction cost: $488.6 million
Gross square footage: 450,000 square feet (hospital);
180,000 square feet (office building)
PeopleOwner: Mills-Peninsula Health Services, A Sutter Health Affiliate
Architect: Anshen+Allen, part of Stantec Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
Interior designer: Anderson Brulé Architects
Engineer(s): Structural Engineer: Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer: Civil Engineer: Architect for Palo Alto Medical Foundation spaces: (MOB lobby and floors 2-5) Hawley Peterson Snyder (major tenant for the MOB.)
Consultant(s): Landscape: Antonia Bava Landscape Architects Lighting: h.e. banks + Associates Acoustical: Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. Code: Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. Cost: Hanscomb Faithful & Gould Thermal Comfort Study: Arup Energy Modeling: Architectural Energy Corporation Waterproofing: Simpson, Gumpertz + Heger Wind: RWDI Signage: Kate Keating Associates, Inc.
General contractor: Turner Construction Company
CAD system, project management, or other software used: Autodesk AutoCAD |
ProductsStructural system – Hospital base-isolated steel brace frame Structural Steel: The Herrick Corporation Exterior cladding Masonry: Cold Springs Granite Roofing Elastomeric: Sika Sarnafil Metal: Centria Glazing Glass: Shenzhen CSG Architectural Glass Co. Doors Entrances: Besam, Kawneer Hardware Locksets: Sargent Hinges: Markar Products, McKinney Closers: Norton Exit devices: Sargent Interior finishes Acoustical ceilings: George Family Enterprises Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Paints and stains: Wallcoverings: Wall Protection: Paneling: Plastic laminate: Special surfacing: Floor and wall tile:
Resilient flooring: Carpet: Furnishings Office furniture: Reception furniture: Fixed seating: Chairs:
Tables: Upholstery: Lighting Interior ambient lighting: Mark Architectural Lighting, Infinite, Axis Lighting, Light Space Downlights: Kurt Versen, Lightolier, Focal Point Conveyance Elevators/Escalators: Otis Plumbing Kohler water saver, Willoughby, Chicago, Toto, Just, Delta, Haws
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