Your firm's role on the project: Full architectural and engineering services
Type of Facility: Replacement hospital
Number of beds: 150
Date construction was completed: 2010
Date of occupancy: August 2010
Project website: http://www.sjhlex.org/london
Project Mission and Vision/About the Project
LEO A DALY designed a new $152 million, 325,000-square-foot facility for Saint Joseph-London Hospital to replace its existing 89-bed acute care facility. The new technologically advanced, faith-based hospital now includes 120 beds, and will open an additional 30-bed unit on its sixth floor by the end of summer 2011. Outpatient and inpatient health services include critical care units, surgery services, a birthing center, laboratory facilities and an emergency department.
In designing the hospital, LEO A DALY evaluated operational efficiencies, patient comfort, staff environments, safety, family spaces and ease of navigation to create a building that allows for patient-focused delivery of care. Each patient room is private and designed to promote healing, with windows providing views to the lake and natural landscape. The hospital also focuses on family comfort and offers areas for family members to stay with patients, as well as a full service café, a coffee kiosk and a paved walkway around the adjacent lake.
The building conveys a strong faith-based message in its design, with a chapel located prominently near the front entrance and adjoining meditation gardens.
The hospital was designed incorporating LEED® design standards and utilized the latest Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. Located on a 50-acre site, the building’s sustainable features include efficient mechanical systems, light sensors and abundant windows offering daylight.
Published Articles:
Medical Construction Design Magazine, July/August 2011
Architecture Week, July 2010, "Architecture People and Places"
