Seattle Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center
The responsible use of resources can lead to cost and energy savings, especially if introduced early on in a project. Using continuous process improvement and integrated delivery that shaved three months and $30 million off the building, we created a relaxed, nature-inspired design for Seattle Children’s Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center while achieving notable energy savings and enhancing the quality of care.
To minimize environmental impact while optimizing space, the team brought on the local utility early in the design process to identify incentives that lowered energy costs by $177,000 a year. Working on one of the first integrated project delivery contracts in the country, the team created a facility that is 28 percent more space efficient. The resulting design promotes a calming environment through a strong connection to nature, including a green roof that redirects rainwater runoff to a local bio-swale, expansive skylights and shaded vision glass that looks out on native landscaping.
Features
One of the first projects in the country to apply the rigor of Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) to healthcare, the clinic is designed to strip away inefficiencies to create more time for caregivers to spend with patients. Applying CPI to healthcare flows also resulted in less space needed for waiting areas; the dramatically smaller main lobby waiting area has only 30 seats.
Project Details
Client Name
Seattle Children’s Bellevue
Square Footage
80,000 SF
Program
Surgery center, ambulatory care clinic, support services
Services
Architecture, interior design, master planning, lighting design
Phase
Completed
Client Name
Seattle Children’s Bellevue
Square Footage
80,000 SF
Program
Surgery center, ambulatory care clinic, support services
Services
Architecture, interior design, master planning, lighting design
Phase
Completed
AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Design Award
AIA BIM Award, Delivery Process Innovation
AIA Seattle, Merit Award
IIDA, Northern Pacific Chapter, InAward Design in Healthcare
Interior Design magazine, Best of the Year, Healthcare
AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Design Award
AIA BIM Award, Delivery Process Innovation
AIA Seattle, Merit Award
IIDA, Northern Pacific Chapter, InAward Design in Healthcare
Interior Design magazine, Best of the Year, Healthcare
Contract magazine, “Beautifully Lean”
GreenSource, “Health Care Goes Lean and Green”
Structural Engineering & Design, “Benefits of Reinventing the Wheel”
The New York Times, “Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital”
Contract magazine, “Beautifully Lean”
GreenSource, “Health Care Goes Lean and Green”
Structural Engineering & Design, “Benefits of Reinventing the Wheel”
The New York Times, “Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital”
