Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Children's Hospital Patient Care Tower
Park Ridge, Illinois
INTEGRATED SERVICES
Architecture,
Interior Design,
Planning,
Programming and
Structural Engineering
project size
384,000 SF Addition
45,000 SF Renovation
Completion
2009
Pursuing LEED Gold
The new patient care tower represents Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s commitment to patient-centered care by the addition of a significant building that improves the environment for patients, family, and staff. Patient safety, floor plan efficiency, and improved quality-of-life for patients and caregivers contributed to the design.
Inpatient floors have been laid out in virtual "pods" using a universal floor plate design that can easily be converted based on future demand. Each pod has a decentralized nursing station to decrease noise levels and travel distances, with a column-free interior to allow better sight lines of care and flexibility for future growth in the core areas.