Holy Cross Health
Holy Cross Hospital Bed Tower Expansion
Location
Silver Spring, Maryland
Size
200,000 GSF, 18,580 M2
Services
Architecture, Interior Architecture, Master Planning, Programming
Sustainable Programs
LEED for New Construction & Major Renovations (NC) LEED-NC-Silver
Awards
Design Excellence Award, Illumination Awards - Award of Merit, Illumination Awards - Section Award
acute care, ambulatory surgery, ancillary services, bed tower, bim, certificate of need, community hospital, cool roof, daylighting, diagnostic & treatment, energy efficiency, energy modeling, evidence-based design, family-centered care, green roof, health system, healthcare, high-performance glazing, hospital, imaging, indoor environmental quality, infection control, inpatient, integrated platform, leadership in energy and environmental design, leed, leed-hc, multispecialty, outpatient, patient safety, patient satisfaction, patient-centered care, privacy, surgery, sustainability, sustainable building, sustainable design, teaching hospital, therapeutic environment, united states green building council, usgbc, vegetated roof, walkable community
“From initial site planning with our neighbors through final design your team was committed to meeting our project goals... the new bed tower relates beautifully to the existing facility and community, both functionally and aesthetically.”
—Annice Cody, Chief Strategy Officer, Holy Cross Health
Description
Private hospital rooms are no luxury. Patients in private rooms not only have better outcomes but also benefit from the reduced likelihood of infection transmission. Holy Cross Hospital once again engaged SmithGroupJJR to help embrace this new paradigm of healing with a seven-story bed tower consisting of 150 private rooms.
The design also expands OR and radiological space with provisions for same-day surgery, and it reprograms the bed tower for an improved model of care that includes multiple nurse stations on each floor. Renovations include a new escalator and stair from the lobby area to the second floor, plus relocation of PACU to the first floor of the new tower. A larger main facility replaces the existing freestanding prep and holding area, improving operational efficiency with shared staff.
Visually, the variety of glasses used for cladding and fenestration creates harmony between the facility's mission and heritage. Internal blue accent panels in the glass-clad stair tower, for instance, express the hospital's commitment to openness, while multicolored fritted panels in the north concourse evokes stained glass
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