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“It was very clear that the patient rooms are spacious, and the abundant natural light creates a more natural healing atmosphere. That’s the trend-family-centered healing-totally developed around the recovery of the patient. Located on a very dense, urban site, the design approach is very bold and innovative.”Modern Healthcare/AIA Academy of Architecture for Health - Citation for Design Excellence
Description
The Heart Hospital signals Baptist Medical Center’s leadership in cardiovascular care and establishes a new landmark along Jacksonville’s riverfront. Two stacked, independent vehicular drop-off loops provide centralized access to the 195,000 sf heart hospital, an expanded emergency department, and parking garage. Rising three stories, a freestanding helipad shelters these drop-offs, creating a campus icon that announces the arrival experience. An extensive garden at the entry court extends into a cascading atrium connecting all four stories of the building. The building itself responds to the flowing form of the nearby river, affording all patients views across the waterway to the Jacksonville skyline. All patient rooms are private and easily adapted to patient acuity, ensuring long-term flexibility in managing changing patient profiles.
Distinctions
- AIA Jacksonville
- Award of Commendation
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“An efficient and functionally innovative solution to a difficult problem. The organization of three modes of arrival vertically along a strong entry axis knits together the existing hospital and adjacent parking garage, creating an occupied edge along the riverfront. These stacked entries clarify wayfinding, pulling together three entry points into one conceptual idea.”
- Modern Healthcare/AIA Academy of Architecture for Health
- Citation for Design Excellence
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“It was very clear that the patient rooms are spacious, and the abundant natural light creates a more natural healing atmosphere. That’s the trend-family-centered healing-totally developed around the recovery of the patient. Located on a very dense, urban site, the design approach is very bold and innovative.”
- AIA Central States Region
- Citation of Excellence in Architecture
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“The bold iconic device of the helipad accentuates the centeredness and the entry as an active 'hub'. The 'flowing' form of the addition emphasizes the bend in the river and actually creates pleasant-non-institutional spaces on the inside. The building’s circulation system has a poetic quality that avoids the ‘rabbit warren’ planning that often is found in hospitals.”
- AIA St. Louis
- Honor Award
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“A sensitive response to the complexities of a river site produces a graceful building form that welcomes patients with a more humane environment and transforms the institutional character of the existing hospital complex. ”
“Inventive use of site and program to deliver a compelling work of architecture. The project went beyond program to take advantage of the unique qualities of the site. The heliport illustrates how a program point can go beyond a functional object and become an icon for the institution.”