Academy of Architecture for Health

  • 1.  Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-14-2014 01:17 PM
    Does anyone have an example they can share with me of an Emergency Department on a floor higher than grade?  I would appreciate the name of the facility so I can share that with an Owner.  Thank you.

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    Richard Houston AIA
    KMD Architects
    El Segundo CA
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  • 2.  RE: Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-17-2014 05:50 PM
    University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston Texas. The ED is elevated to the second floor in order to avoid periodic flooding threats.
    901 Harborside Drive, Galveston, Texas 77550. see attached file - I had some challeges getting the screen grab from pasting directly.


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    Dan Caren AIA
    Principal
    Stantec
    Austin TX
    (512)791-0969
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  • 3.  RE:Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-18-2014 05:32 PM

    The Lurie Children's Hospital has their ED above street level. Tight urban site drove it up above grade. Check into it.

    Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF); Solomon Cordwell Buenz; and Anderson Mikos Architects Ltd. were selected to design the new, state-of-the-art Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

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    Collin Beers AIA
    Stantec Architecture Inc.
    Philadelphia PA
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  • 4.  RE:Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-18-2014 05:34 PM
    The Lurie Children's Hospital has their ED above street level. Tight urban site drove it up above grade. Check into it.

    Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF); Solomon Cordwell Buenz; and Anderson Mikos Architects Ltd. were selected to design the new, state-of-the-art Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

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    Collin Beers AIA
    Stantec Architecture Inc.
    Philadelphia PA
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  • 5.  RE:Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-18-2014 05:38 PM

    The Lurie Children's Hospital has their ED above street level. Tight urban site drove it up above grade. Check into it.

    Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF); Solomon Cordwell Buenz; and Anderson Mikos Architects Ltd. were selected to design the new, state-of-the-art Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
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    Collin Beers AIA
    Stantec Architecture Inc.
    Philadelphia PA
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  • 6.  RE: Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-18-2014 05:43 PM
    The relatively new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has a second floor emergency department.

    https://www.luriechildrens.org

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    Aaron Shepard AIA
    Principal
    Harley Ellis Devereaux
    Chicago IL
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  • 7.  RE: Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-19-2014 02:54 PM
    For reasons similar to the Univ of Texas - many New Orleans Hospitals ahve their ED above grade.  Some of them at the second level - they include - East Jefferson General Hospital, Ochsner Baptist, New Orleans East & Interim University Hospital.

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    Hassan Nagendra AIA
    Director of Healthcare
    Roy Anderson Corp Contractors
    New Orleans LA
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  • 8.  RE: Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-20-2014 12:25 PM
    St. Vincent Medical Center in Little Rock Arkansas has a level 2 Emergency Department. I recommend if you do this that you dedicate an elevator and segregate interior & exterior traffic appropriately for ambulance traffic only.

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    Michelle Lynn Teague AIA
    Project Architect
    Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
    Little Rock AR
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  • 9.  RE: Emergency Department above grade level

    Posted 11-18-2014 01:07 PM
    The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago has the ED on level two, with two dedicated elevators to bring patients in with no delay.  

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    Elizabeth Chabot AIA
    Architect
    Malden MA
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