Contract - October 2015 - 64
Kaiser Permanente Kraemer
Radiation Oncology Center
Architect Yazdani Studio
of CannonDesign
Client Kaiser Permanente
Where Anaheim, California
What 16,000 square feet
on one floor
Cost/sf $800
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Inner panes of glass of the
double-skin facade are fritted
(above) with ghostly images
of a forest (top right and
opposite, top). Where walls
flare out (above right), clear
glazing frames vistas.
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Nothing better symbolizes the changing face of healthcare
than the small glass rotunda that greets patients arriving
at the Kaiser Permanente Kraemer Medical Center in Anaheim,
California. Mehrdad Yazdani, who heads the Yazdani Studio
of CannonDesign in Los Angeles, collaborated with Kaiser
Permanente (KP) six years ago to master plan the campus,
and his team was invited back to design a radiation therapy
facility. Typically, these specialized treatment centers
are located in basements to accommodate heavy equipment
and shield radiation. But KP had a different vision. As Sunil
Shah, KP's design director for Southern California, explains:
"We wanted to demonstrate to the public that we had a unique,
state-of-art building for cancer patients that was healing,
stress-relieving, and full of natural light."
Yazdani has designed major hospitals in Buffalo,
New York (Contract, October 2012), and San Diego,
but he had never done a building of this kind before. "I knew
that KP wanted a facility that marked it off from the other
buildings on the campus," he explains. "It had to be viewed
from all sides, and be a beacon of hope, emitting a warm
glow at night through walls of glass. By day, it should conduct
a dialog with nature."
Filling a notebook every year, Yazdani loves to sketch.
On the eve of the KP interview, he drew circles and
interlocking elements to express his ideas. His presentation
convinced the client, and the building took shape as he
had envisaged it, thanks to the productive collaboration
of the client, his studio, and the CannonDesign healthcare
group, headed by Carlos Amato.
Nature and the healing process
The graceful arcs of the exterior glass walls, which fan out
to embrace a landscape of wild grasses and drought-resistant
plantings, give the 16,000-square-foot building a strong
presence. The inner panes of the double glazing are fritted
with the ghostly image of a forest. The team digitized
a photograph of trees as a composition of circles, and wrote
a program to manipulate the image to avoid repetition
and vary the intensity of the fritting. In areas that require
privacy or protection from the sun, the pattern is intensified,
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Contract - October 2015
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Building a Purpose-driven Practice
Product Focus: Waiting Patiently
Healthcare Design Expo Product Preview
Healthcare Design Expo Product Preview
Kaiser Permanente Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center
UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus
Palo Alto Medical Foundation San Carlos Center
2015 Healthcare Environment Awards
Ambulatory Care Winner
Ambulatory Care Honorable Mention
Acute Care Winner: Meander Medisch Centrum
Acute Care Winner: Roberts Pavilion Floors 8 and 9
Long-Term Care Winner
Conceptual Design Honorable Mention
Student Winner and Honorable Mention
Book Review: Modern Clinic Design: Strategies for an Era of Change
Designers Select: Healthcare
Sources
Ad Index
Installation: Vibrant Mosaics Greet Visitors to the Newest New York Subway Entrance
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Contract - October 2015 - Acute Care Winner: Meander Medisch Centrum
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Contract - October 2015 - Acute Care Winner: Roberts Pavilion Floors 8 and 9
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Contract - October 2015 - Long-Term Care Winner
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Contract - October 2015 - Conceptual Design Honorable Mention
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Contract - October 2015 - Student Winner and Honorable Mention
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Contract - October 2015 - Book Review: Modern Clinic Design: Strategies for an Era of Change
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Contract - October 2015 - Designers Select: Healthcare
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