This three-wing addition to the existing Baystate Health campus provides a replacement facility for this academic medical tertiary/quarternary care center. Approximately 45 percent of the total building area has been designed as fully-planned shell space for future growth, while the fit-out portion includes a heart and vascular center, inpatient beds, and a level-1 trauma unit.
The overarching master plan and design objective for the project centered around incorporating the newest concepts in multi-disciplinary, patient-centered care. The interior design establishes a comfortable environment and reduces stress with spacious patient bedrooms oriented towards exposure to the outdoors. A variety of sustainable design features were also adopted to maximize the facility’s function and efficiency.
Project Features:
• 314 Med/surg and critical care beds
Phase 1
- 96 Med/surg inpatient beds
- 30 Intensive care beds
Phase 2
- 96 Med/surg inpatient beds
- 36 Intensive care beds
Phase 3
- 56 Pediatric inpatient beds
• Heart and Vascular Center
- Hybrid procedure rooms - 10 ORs
- Orthopedic suite – 8 ORs
- Surgical suite - 14 OR
- Pediatric surgical suite - 4 ORs
- Inter-operative MRI
- Consolidated central sterile processing and distribution center
- New entry and lobby areas
- Academic teaching spaces, and support functions.
• Level 1 Trauma Center
- 84 treatment rooms
- Roof-top helipad,
- Time limited care unit
- Non-invasive heart and vascular diagnostics center
• Children’s Hospital wing.
• 2 Seven story wings / 1 Five story wing
Awards:
- Winner of the Grand Prize in Building Magazine’s America’s Best Building of the Year Awards
- Honorable Mention in the Acute Care Category of Contract Magazine & The Center for Health Design’s Healthcare Environment Awards
Special design elements:
- Careful attention was required in the design process to mitigate:
- High water table issues
- Construction vibration and potential destabilization impacts on existing clinical care buildings and campus access
- Shielding new building connections from existing MRI suites
- Phasing of new utilities and site preparation.
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