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O r e g O n H e A lt H & S c i e n c e u n i v e r S i t y c e n t e r f O r H e A lt H & H e A l i n g Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health & Healing is one of only 50 buildings in the country to have been awarded U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED ® Platinum certification (USGBC and the largest and most complex building in the country to have achieved it. Photo © Jamie forsythe B u i l d i n g At A g l A n c e Building name oHsu Center for Health & Healing location Portland, ore. size 401,316 square feet started August 2003 Completed october 2006 use mixed-use facility for wellness, medical research, clinics, surgery, classrooms, with ground floor retail and underground parking. Cost $145.4 million distinctions leed Platinum T he secret to the success of the project was the integrated design process that was undertaken from the beginning of the project. Collaboration between the developer, engineers, architects, commissioning agents, and owners allowed the team to make key design decisions early in the process and conceive the project holistically. The integrated design process not only changed the way building design approached the project, but showed that sustainable design need not cost more. The more closely the team looked at building systems, the more they discovered opportunities to reduce costs by reducing equipment or rethinking it to perform multiple functions, rather than opting for the status quo. The Center for Health & Healing is located in the South Waterfront District, a former industrial area along the Willamette River just south of Portland, Oregon’s downtown. In a pioneering public/private partnership, the city teamed with its largest employer, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and Portland’s more environmentally progressive development companies to build a dense urban enclave with housing, green spaces, commercial and retail buildings, and an expanded campus for the school. goals and challenges The development and design goals for the project were to provide cutting-edge health and wellness technology in an environmentally responsible building. The developer challenged the design team to reduce the capital costs for the building’s mechanical systems by 25% and also outperform the Oregon energy code by 60%. For a single-use building, the goal would have been bold enough. Given the building’s size and exceptional mix of uses, it was nothing short of audacious. The building contains a three-story underground parking garage that provides approximately 660 parking spaces for patients and staff. In addition, eight floors are devoted Winter 2009 HigH Building teAm owner rimCo, llC developer gerding edlen development general Contractor Hoffman Construction Architect gBd Architects meP design + energy modeling + Commissioning interface engineering structural engineer KPff Civil engineer otak landscape Architect Walker macy Commissioning glumac leed Consultant Brightworks Building management CB richard ellis Performing Buildings 7

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of High Performing Buildings - Winter 2009

High Performing Buildings - Winter 2009
Contents
Commentary
OHSU Center for Health & Healing
Documenting Performance
Cook+Fox Architects Office
5 Houston Center
Skanska's Atlanta Office
Advertisers Index

High Performing Buildings - Winter 2009