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“Bringing so much light into the building is an attempt to make this building more than a wrapper around technology. For a place where most patients don’t want to go, especially in the dark, this is an inviting building.”AIA Baltimore Chapter - AIA Honorable Mention
Description
The four-story, 60,000 sf Tate Cancer Center functions as a forum to introduce prevention techniques and promote oncological education in the surrounding community, while its design creates an environment that positively affects patients and their families. A light-filled infusion area for outpatient chemotherapy overlooks a terraced healing garden, as does a separate family waiting area. Creating an environment offering distraction and escape from the immediacy of treatment, the linear accelerator treatment area features a pre-programmed theatrical lighting system—a unique application for a healthcare environment—creating visual stimulation through ever-changing colors, moods and motifs. Complementing an existing campus icon, the sculptured vertical elevator core, cantilevered concrete canopy, and careful delineation of the building forms, establish a signature image reflecting the advanced healthcare technology contained within.
Distinctions
- AIA Baltimore Chapter
- AIA Honorable Mention
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“Bringingso much light into the building is an attempt to make this building more than a wrapper around technology. For a place where most patients don’t want to go, especially in the dark, this is an inviting building. ”
- Masonry Institute of Maryland
- Design Award & Craftsmanship