Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
- Project
- Kingsborough Specialty Clinics
- Client
- Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
- Project Team
- Paul Finch & Associates, P.C.
- Construction Cost
- $330,000
- Area
- 4,850 SF
- Completion Date
- June 2007
CHKD decided to add an outpatient satellite clinic in the Chesapeake community. The project included a 4,850 square foot build out to provide a pediatric clinic for allergy, pulmonary, gastroenterology and dermatology staff and patients to interact inside one cohesive space. The build out included a centralized area for nurse stations, toilets, and assessment. Surrounding rooms include exam rooms, a shared procedure room and lounge as well as some storage and charting areas. The goal of the centralized nurse station was to open the space and provide direct visualization of the surrounding rooms, while maintaining a path between areas for continuous flow and reduced congestion. The assessment area is centered in the heart of the nurse station since this is the main focal point for patient visits. From assessment, patients branch off to other rooms. Our firm provided a full scope of services to create the overall project, including space planning, equipment layout and a complete finishes package. Nurse stations were designed to be free flowing and open, since this group of clinics turns over patients at a very high rate and there is constant traffic in and around the center core of the space. The equipment needed in and around the nurse station and exam areas posed an opportunity to minimize clutter while keeping everything close at hand by building the casework around these items. The center core is emphasized with a large circular soffit and floor patterns that mimic the nurse stations. The design provides a visual unity to the central core and the walls and casework cut into and through the space to create a constant visual interest for the children as well as the parents who visit the space and creates varying viewpoints as people continue through the space.