Grand Junction, Colorado
Client: St. Mary’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Completion Date: January 2010 (addition); December 2010 (renovation)
Program: An expansion and renovation of St. Mary's Hospital anchored by a new 12-story, 200,350-square-foot patient bed tower with a cafeteria next door. Adjoining an existing two-level emergency and surgery building, the tower expands both departments to the south and, on the floors above, adds 128 patient rooms and units for perinatal care, intensive care and orthopedics. Floors 9 through 12 are shelled floors, with an additional 128 patient rooms planned. Perkins+Will also added a new level for staff and physician education to a neighboring four-story building, which is connected to the tower via a stack of short glass bridges.
Design Concept and Solution: The architects wanted the new tower to complement the existing hospital—as well as Grand Junction's rocky landscape—while establishing a more advanced, forward-looking image. To avoid competing with the surrounding mesas and cliffs, the Perkins+Will team chose a simple rectangular silhouette for the tower. They selected brick and glass for the lower floors of the project—the base of the tower and an adjoining one-story wing housing the cafeteria—to echo the scale and the brick exterior of the existing hospital. Once the tower clears the height of the original building, the cladding transitions to aluminum panel and glass for a more weightless, contemporary look. With patient rooms set on the long sides of the rectangle, the tower is oriented to maximize views to nearby landmarks (the Grand Mesa and the national forest to the south, the Book Cliffs to the north), while the facade's green glass recalls the local sagebrush. With sustainable features that include aluminum cladding made largely from recycled content, a weather-controlled irrigation system, and meters that monitor energy consumption, the project is on track for LEED Silver certification.
Total construction cost: $192 million
Gross square footage: 440,000 sq.ft. (new), 70,000 sq.ft. (renovation)
Architect:
Perkins+Will
84 10th Street South, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tel: 612-851-5000
Fax: 612-851-5001
People
Owner
Architect
Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Signage and Artwork: Pamela L. Blythe, Principal
Engineer(s): Local Structural: Lindauer Dunn, Inc Local Civil: Rolland Engineering Mechanical/Electrical: Dunham Associates
Consultant(s) Food Service: Systems Design International Materials Management/Vertical Transportation: Lammers & Associates Helicopter: Heliport Systems Medical Equipment: Mitchell Associates Code: Code Consultants International IT/Security: EDI, Ltd. Design Assistance: The Weidt Group Hardware: Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Acoustic: Dana Hougland General contractor: FCI / McCarthy, A Joint Venture
Photographer(s):
Ken Redding (exteriors) CAD system, project management, or other software used: AUTOCAD, Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2005 |
Products
Exterior cladding Structural Sealant Glazed Curtain Walls: Kawneer Metal Wall Panels: Dri-Design Composite Wall Panels: Alpolic Window Washing Systems: Probel
Roofing PVC Roofing: Carlisle
Windows
Glazing
Doors Revolving Door Entrances: Horton
Hardware Closers: LCN Exit devices: LCN
Interior finishes Suspension grid: Armstrong Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: TMI Paints and stains: Kwal Plastic laminate: Wilsonart Special surfacing: Modular Arts Floor and wall tile: Mirage (public areas)Dal Tile (patient areas) Resilient flooring: Forbo Linoleum, Nora Envirocare Carpet: Collins & Aikman Wall Protection: C/S Acrovyn Solis Surfacing: Corian Window Treatments: Lutron / Mermet
Furnishings
Reception furniture: Nenschoff Tables: Harter, KI
Upholstery: Maharam, Arcom, Knoll, Momemtum
Lighting Task lighting: Finelite Exterior: Hydrel (Linear Fluorescent), Kim Lighting Controls: Lutron
Conveyance |
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