New Stanford Hospital Project Raises the Bar
The $2 billion, 824,000-sq.-ft. New Stanford Hospital is set for construction completion in late 2017. By Carol Eaton C
utting-edge technology, a visually stunning design and a highly collaborative, solution-
oriented project team are some of the key features that distinguish the $2 billion new Stanford Hospital project, currently underway in Palo Alto, CA. Te project, now about two-thirds
complete by general contractor Clark/ McCarthy (a joint venture between Clark Construction Group and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.), represents the single largest capital program facility ever built on the Stanford campus. Te rapidly unfolding construction progress is revealing a facility designed to raise the bar on what the future of healthcare delivery will look like. “Te new hospital design is focused
on patient comfort and privacy in order to provide patients with the best experience possible,” said Stanford Health Care spokeswoman Courtney Lodato.
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World Class Design Comprising 824,000 square feet,
the new hospital includes 368 single occupancy rooms; a new Level-1 Trauma Center and Emergency Department; state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment rooms including 20 operating rooms, the latest MRI and CT technologies; and a 900-space parking structure, among many other features. It will be connected to the current hospital by a bridge and tunnel. Internationally renowned Rafael
Viñoly Architects, in association with PerkinsEastman (formerly Lee, Burkhart, Liu, Inc.), designed the new Stanford Hospital with a focus on delivering transformative patient care and utilizing the latest advances in medical technologies. Each of the 368 single occupancy rooms is located within the facility’s four 29-foot cantilevered “floating glass cubes,” a signature design element comprising floors 4-7. Tese four “floating” pavilions help the building effortlessly
Photos courtesy Stanford Health Care.
blend into the surrounding area despite being three times as tall as some nearby structures. Floor-to-ceiling glass walls allow natural light to pervade patient spaces, while offering sweeping views of the local foothills and the Stanford campus. Four acres of rooftop gardens and
extensive art throughout contribute to hospital’s unique healing environment. A dramatic, 65-ft.-high glass enclosed entry dome, which provides views from the building’s atrium up to the top floor, is more reminiscent of a luxury hotel than an institutional setting.
Delivering Seismic Stability Less visible but equally significant
structural components also contribute to making this a world-class facility, according to Bert Hurlbut, vice president of construction for the new Stanford Hospital at Stanford Health Care. Te new hospital will meet strict seismic standards originally mandated by Senate Bill 1953, the driver behind
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