Memorial Urgent Care Center
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The unique modern design differentiates the facility from its adjacent shopping center, allowing easier identification.
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Illuminated entry signage and a tall glass vestibule allow for easy identification at night.
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Sophisticated exterior materials were selected to represent the facility’s state-of-the-art medical treatment.
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Exterior materials include porcelain tiles resembling wood planks at the corners of the building.
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Large, clean waiting room with greeter station is inviting and promotes infection control.
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Waiting area with glass window from Triage Room.
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Through a glass window, staff can monitor patients in the Waiting Room.
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Typical exam room.
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X-Ray room.
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Nurse station with high visibility to all exam rooms. Mobile equipment is designed into niches.
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Nurse station’s close proximity to patients improves the efficiency of treatment.
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Small procedure room.
Urgent Care facilities represent the future direction of healthcare for our communities, as non-critical medical treatment is becoming decentralized from hospital campuses. This project developed a vacant parcel of land for a new 5,259-square-foot, one-story Urgent Care Center (Hollywood, Fla.).
This facility’s exterior is identifiable and modern—representing an image of the state-of-the-art treatment within. We broke from an “all stucco” box to mix and match the use of exterior materials such as storefront, stucco scored walls, metal soffits, and corner wall accents made of ceramic tiles possessing the soft appearance of “wood planks”.
A strong working relationship with administrators, medical professionals, local politicians and City emergency responders was established from the beginning to understand the project’s priorities and programming needs. Open communication with the team allowed the program to be reviewed on an ongoing basis, ensuring that the right combination of service, quality and cost consciousness was achieved. This ongoing dialog drastically reduced the need for any change orders.
With the end user in mind, an environment was created which is conducive to serving the public’s immediate medical needs. There was careful analysis of the number of visits, treatments provided, and efficient patient flows. Our design provides an effective layout that allows multiple patients to be treated simultaneously, close proximity to x-ray and procedure spaces, and excellent visibility by the medical staff. Since cost is an important issue in healthcare design, this program was achieved in as little space as possible with shell space available for future expansion.
Project category: New construction
Chief administrator: Albert Rego, administrative director, ambulatory care, Memorial Healthcare System
Firm: Saltz Michelson Architects Inc., www.saltzmichelson.com
Design team: Saltz Michelson Architects Inc. (architect and interior designer); Holland Engineering Inc. (civil engineer); SGM Engineering Inc. (MEP-FP design services); Brill Rodriguez Salas & Associates Inc. (structural engineer); Land Art Planning & Design LLC (landscape architect)
Total building area (sq. ft.): 5,259
Construction cost/sq. ft.: $380
Total construction cost (excluding land): $2 million
Completed: November 2018
