In this year’s Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo’s Distinction Awards competition—honoring design teams who have made a profound contribution to healthcare design—OWPP Cannon Design received a User-Center Award for its design of the Bed Replacement Tower at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
The new Bed Replacement Tower—slated to be the first LEED® Gold hospital in Illinois—represents ALGH’s commitment to patient-centered care by the addition of a significant building that improves the environment for patients, family, and staff. Patient, safety, floor plan efficiency, and improved quality-of-life for patients and caregivers contributed to the design. Inpatient floors have been laid out in virtual “pods” using a universal floor plate design that can easily be converted based on future demand. Each pod has a decentralized nursing station to minimize noise levels and travel distances, with a column-free interior to create better sight lines for care and flexibility for future growth in core areas.
Highlighting all Distinction Award-winners, the November/December issue of FacilityCare magazine also showcases the Tower with both a cover image, as well as a feature article, “Elevating Green Standards for a Health Environment.”
