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Methodist South Emergency Department
Methodist South Emergency Department
Memphis, TN, United States
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Methodist South Emergency Department
Memphis, TN, United States
Firm
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
South Memphis is one of the oldest and most impoverished areas in Memphis. The emergency department provides critically important services to the people of this community. The existing emergency department lacked presence and blended into the hospital massing and visitors struggled to find their way. The interiors were inadequate as well - small spaces and harsh glare and direct sunlight from the predominantly southwest facing facade made visitors uncomfortable in already stressful situations.
The new addition is conceived as two primary elements that slip past one another to solve these issues. The first, a bright white translucent skin, wraps the southwest façade. The highly visible curved wall contrasts with the existing brick forms and acts as a glowing beacon for patients and visitors. The second, a large cantilevered volume, slips behind the translucent wall. This form creates a covered drop-off and becomes the backdrop for the primary emergency signage directing visitors from near and far. The profile of the canopy is seen in shadow behind the translucent wall, pulling visitors from the entrance to the reception area and into the waiting space.
Once inside, the southwest translucent wall works to maximize natural lighting and minimize heat gain. Vision glazing is strategically located to connect waiting spaces to exterior planters, providing visitors with views.
The emergency department addition and renovation presents an integral design solution which responds to the surrounding context while simultaneously creating a fresh identity and highly visible presence.
The new addition is conceived as two primary elements that slip past one another to solve these issues. The first, a bright white translucent skin, wraps the southwest façade. The highly visible curved wall contrasts with the existing brick forms and acts as a glowing beacon for patients and visitors. The second, a large cantilevered volume, slips behind the translucent wall. This form creates a covered drop-off and becomes the backdrop for the primary emergency signage directing visitors from near and far. The profile of the canopy is seen in shadow behind the translucent wall, pulling visitors from the entrance to the reception area and into the waiting space.
Once inside, the southwest translucent wall works to maximize natural lighting and minimize heat gain. Vision glazing is strategically located to connect waiting spaces to exterior planters, providing visitors with views.
The emergency department addition and renovation presents an integral design solution which responds to the surrounding context while simultaneously creating a fresh identity and highly visible presence.
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