LEFT: Spherical structures hang inside the main corridor in the complex's research building. BELOW: An inverted glass pyramid at the center of the skywalk serves as a striking entrance to an elevator that connects the clinical buildings (on the left) and the research buildings. To create such an environment, HDR's schema for the hospital incorporated translational collaboration, close attention to the patient experience, and flexible infrastructures, Lee says. " The design incorporates strategic adjacencies that are designed to enhance collaboration across departments and specialties and help them to operate as one 'organism,' rather than as separate departments in isolation, " Lee explains. The layout for the 5 million-square-foot, 1,200-bed hospital features large interlocking blocks of departments connected by a central spine to make circulation simple and direct, says Lee. " The modular and orthogonal design layout we used increases the efficiency of spaces inside the building by making them easily programmable. " The campus' overall layout consists of two main clusters: On its east side is a set of three interconnected inpatient towers sitting backto-back. The first two towers in the complex AU GUST 2022 29 COURTESY OF HDR © 2021 AARON & REX