PHOTO TOUR: Sharp Chula Vista’s Ocean View Tower
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The tower’s café boasts the best views of the building and is designed to be an uplifting the dining experience for guests, patients, and staff. A connected outdoor terrace provides al fresco dining and sweeping ocean and mountain views.
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Family lounges on each patient floor have expansive views of the area.
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The two-story main lobby features natural wood and stone, which are complemented by full-height glass framing a landscaped courtyard.
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A connecting corridor between the new tower and original hospital houses a history wall that shares the story of Sharp Chula Vista in the community.
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Six new, large operating rooms, a robotic suite, and new pre- and post-op support add much-need capacity to meet the surgical needs of the region.
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The hybrid procedure room allows more advanced cardiovascular procedures to be conducted.
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Patient rooms are located to take advantage of light and views to the outdoors. Rooms are sized above average to accommodate family members involved in support of the patient’s care.
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Patient floors have dedicated team-based workspaces for collaboration and communication, clear sightlines, and private spaces for focused work.
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A folding glass wall in the chapel opens to a small courtyard with a fountain and views to the outdoors.
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The curve of the rounded tower is inverted in the curving canopy addition, refreshing the face of the existing hospital and creating a new entry.
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The hilltop location of the medical center and new tower allowed the design team to take advantage of panoramic views of the Chula Vista community and beyond.
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Patterned concrete, metal, and stone panels complement the new tower’s glazing. Embodying an ocean-view theme, azure and ochre hues recall Pacific surf breaks.
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The new tower provides additional patient beds and operating rooms to the existing mid-century hospital.
Elevated above the city of Chula Vista, Calif., the seven-story Sharp Chula Vista Ocean View Tower, opened in January, is designed to create a presence on the hilltop campus of the Chula Vista Medical Center while connecting to the surrounding community.
The 197,000-square-foot tower adds 106 private patient rooms and six large operating rooms, including the region’s only hybrid procedure room for advanced cardiovascular treatments. The design-build project team of SmithGroup (Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif.), AVRP Skyport (San Diego), and Hensel Phelps (Irvine, Calif.) placed the patient rooms and public spaces to take advantage of panoramic views of San Diego’s downtown skyline to the north, mountains to the east, Mexico to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Large expanses of glass, a sweeping new entrance, and an airy, two-story lobby designed with an elegant, neutral palette help to make the hospital feel more transparent and accessible to the Chula Vista community. An indoor-outdoor rooftop café and terrace occupies the entire seventh floor.
Designated corridors and elevators for materials handling, as well as separate patient and staff circulation areas, promote safety and infection prevention.
Project details:
Facility name: Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Ocean View Tower
Location: Chula Vista, Calif.
Completion date: January 2020
Owner: Sharp HealthCare
Total building area: 197,000 sq. ft.
Total construction cost: $244 million
Cost/sq. ft.: $1,238
Interior design: SmithGroup
General contractor: Hensel Phelps
Local architect: AVRP Studios
Medical equipment planning: IMEG
Engineering: Degenkolb Engineers (structural engineer), Michael Baker International (civil engineer), EXP Engineers (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, IT/low voltage engineering), LLG (traffic engineer)
Builder: Hensel Phelps
