Project Details
- Project Name
- Palos Health South Campus
- Location
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15300 West Ave
IL
- Architect
- Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)
- Project Types
- Healthcare
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Size
- 123,000 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2018
- Shared by
- Nicole Marshall
- Team
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Aaron Shepard, Principal In Charge / Project Manager
Gene McDonald, Project Designer
Trudy Mesik, Project Architect
Patrick Bryck, Technical Architect
Bernard Vilza, Exterior Architect
Max Garland, Interior Architect
Lindsey Burghgraef, Interior Designer
Megan Gallagher, Medical Planner
Ditas Adomenas, Structural Engineer
- Consultants
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Design Architect and Architect of Record: HED,General Contractor: Walsh Construction,Electrical Engineer: IMEG,Plumbing Engineer: IMEG
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $80,000,000
- Style
- Modern
Project Description
Palos Health, a private healthcare group, in conjunction with Loyola University Medical Center, has re-developed a former outpatient campus in the competitive Chicago suburb of Orland Park. The campus housed a mix of medical offices built over the last 30 years, that were disjointed with separate entrances for each building. A campus master plan, crafted by HED, unified the campus by adjusting clinics to an academic health center model and organized services to increase collaboration and patient ease. The overall project is a 5-year, $80 million campus development that includes a new 83,000 sf Ambulatory Care Center, 40,000 sf of renovated space in the existing building and the construction of a 316-car parking deck. The project has been created under a design-build project delivery model, led by Walsh Construction with HED serving as the architect of record. Speed to market was extremely important in revitalizing this campus and promoting the new affiliation with Loyola University Medical Center for cancer services. The first project was the creation of a 10,500 sf Cancer Infusion Suite, which had to be fully operational in just four months. The design team utilized a Lean Planning Workshop, which gathered all the users together in a 2-day planning session to discuss benchmarks, best practices and programmatic requirements for the space. Mock-ups were developed and tested, allowing clinicians the ability to utilize the space and to adjust on the fly. To accommodate the intense schedule, HED worked with furniture systems providers to find modular components that reduced the construction effort required for this initial Suite. The facility’s complete Cancer Program contains radiation oncology, multi-disciplinary clinics, infusion services, along with supporting Loyola University Medical Center with clinical trial patients and a much wider range of services offered through the relationship. Programmatically the space features the first radiation therapy system in Illinois that’s guided in real time by MRI Imaging, the MRIdian® Linac System by ViewRay. The MRI-guided system can simultaneously image and treat cancer patients, precisely targeting tumors while avoiding surrounding tissue. Additional diagnostic services include a MRI, 2 X-Rays, Pet/CT, CT, 2 Ultrasound rooms and associated support spaces. The creation of the new, 83,000 sf Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) provides an opportunity to design a new, prominent main entrance and connective infrastructure that unifies the buildings, eases way finding, and provides much more natural light in public spaces. HED designed a transparent connector and simplified the circulation parti with this addition. The new building was pulled slightly away from the existing infrastructure to create a triangular-shaped lobby and a new main entrance for all patients. The following subspecialties are covered within the ACC program: • Musculoskeletal/Neurosciences: Lower Extremity, Spine, Sports Medicine, Upper Extremity, Neurology, Stroke/Cerebrovascular, Cranial Base/Otology, Ophthalmology • Integrated Med/Surg: Subspecialty: Digestive Diseases, Hepatology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, General Surgery, Pain Management, Aesthetics/Plastics • Primary Care: Day-to-day Common Healthcare Services • Oncology: Brain, Breast, Gastrointestinal, Gynecological, Head and Neck, Urological, and Radiation The unique site which is heavily sloped created a challenge for patient access, which was resolved by regrading and using the parking deck roof to bridge topography differences. This afforded the opportunity for a specialized entry for radiation oncology patients while removing the need for patients to traverse many sets of stairs to get from parking to the building.