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the towers are the same, the approach to the
overall building architecture differed. " The exterior
aesthetic of each is unique to reflect the
differences in the existing campus language,
community preferences, and specific design
goals, " Brower says.
To reflect the Cherry Hill campus' more modern
design language, its patient tower is " slightly
more progressive " in its lighting and materials
palette-including precast concrete paneling
with custom imprinted patterns, dark gray brick,
and wood accents on windows. For example, uplighting
was installed to highlight the building's
upper cornice while a continuous light runs below
the length of a signature corner stair tower.
That stair tower also features a curtain wall of
glass that when lit up at night reveals the zigzag
pattern of the stairs against a backdrop of wood
panels. " The [front-facing] location of the bed
tower warranted an iconic element to serve as a
branding element, " Brower says.
Primarily brick with precast accents, Washington
Township's exterior architecture offers
a modern yet timeless response to the campus'
more traditional design language, comprising
red brick. " We were looking for a design that
was complementary to the existing facility [in
terms of materials] but more contemporary, "
Brower says.
Inside, the three lower floors of each building
share similarities, as well, but reflect different
strategic needs. At Cherry Hill, for example, after
visitors make their way through the new fivestory
atrium lobby, which offers a direct connection
to the new patient tower on all levels, the
building's lower level houses a pharmacy, support
services, and double-height cafeteria. The
cafeteria offers views up to the waiting room for
diagnostics and imaging on the first floor as well
as outdoors to a dining area and healing garden.
Its second floor is dedicated to surgical services.
The Washington Township tower takes visitors
through a new covered main entrance to a twostory
lobby, where the second-floor outpatient
surgery center is visible. To the left, a dramatic
staircase leads down to this tower's lower level
and a double-height cafeteria, which connects
to an outdoor space including an amphitheaterlike
stepped seating area where staff can have
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Striking lighting and
pops of color are used to
enhance the light-filled,
double-height cafeteria on
the lower level of the new
patient pavilion at Jefferson
Washington Township
Hospital.
meetings and public events can be held. " The cafeteria, a huge amenity for
both staff and visitors who are seeking respite, also becomes a public community
benefit, the way it relates to the outside, " Brower says.
PRIVACY AND POINT OF CARE
In both towers, the upper four floors of standardized nursing units and patient
rooms, including critical care on the third floor, acute care on floors
four and five, and shell space for an additional 30 patient rooms on the
fifth, were arrived at in part through visioning sessions the design team
conducted with staff. " Because we were designing standardized rooms for
two institutions, we had over 120 clinical people involved in the visioning
sessions for the programming design and operational concepts of those
patient care units, " Brower says. " So we didn't just have, for example, one
team of critical care nurses telling us what they want. We had two hospitals
of critical care. We had two of everything. "
The core of the patient unit is set up for point-of-care nursing, affording
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