Project Details
- Project Name
- The Zucker Hillside Hospital
- Location
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79-59 263rd Street
NY ,United States
- Client/Owner
- North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
- Project Types
- Healthcare
- Size
- 139,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2013
- Shared by
- Array Architects
- Consultants
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Structural Engineer: O'Donnell & Naccarato,Electrical Engineer: WSP Flack + Kurtz,null: WSP Flack + Kurtz,General Contractor: Gotham Construction
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
Zucker Hillside Hospital is a 223-bed psychiatric facility known for its pioneering work in diagnosis, treatment and research of mental illness. The National Institute of Mental Health established a Clinical Research Center for the Study of Schizophrenia at the hospital, making it only one of four such facilities nationwide.
Best practice medicine was incorporated into best practice design of a replacement facility for 115 beds of the 223-bed complement. The original patient clusters of 20-24-bed units were compressed into five 19-bed units (2 adult, 3 gero-psychiatric) and one 20-bed adolescent. Rooms are all designed to flex from private to semi-private, with typical 19-bed configuration comprised of three private and eight semi-private rooms. The facility is also designed with an innovative three-corridor system, physically separating patients, staff, and visitors into three distinct circulation series.