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City of Hope engaged ZGF for campus-wide
master planning-including design of the cancer
center in addition to programming and partial
design development bridging documents for the
adjacent hospital, which another design-build
team took over while ZGF focused on the clinic.
Planning the facilities simultaneously ensured
seamless integration allowing the hospital
and cancer center to connect at every level, optimizing
staff efficiencies while creating a smooth
experience for patients. " A lot of the services
in the cancer center support the hospital, so it
requires connectivity between the buildings, "
Pangman says. " We had to look at the patient
flow to put those connections and adjacencies
where they needed to be. "
For example, the ambulatory surgery center
on the second floor of the outpatient cancer
building sits directly next to the future hospital's
inpatient surgery department, allowing
surgical staff to easily cross between facilities.
Many of the support services typically found in
hospitals-such as the pharmacy, imaging department,
and automated clinical lab-were redistributed
to the cancer center and sized to support
both buildings.
On the upper floors, carefully planned connections
between buildings allow private patient
transport through a back-of-house corridor.
" We had to add a gurney-sized elevator with
access to each floor of the outpatient cancer
center, " Pangman says, " so patients can come
straight from the hospital and drop into diagnostic
imaging without going through any public
corridors or lobbies. "
Meanwhile, public-facing services are located
along the main corridor on the first floor of the
cancer center so that patients from both facilities
can easily access the retail pharmacy, Hope
Café, and a patient and family resource center,
which offers support programs for care navigation,
survivorship, counseling, and more.
BRINGING THE OUTDOORS IN
One of the core design principles, Woolum says,
was " using the building to its best advantage "
by harnessing views, natural light, and other
elements to create a calming, healing space for
cancer patients. Surrounded by park-like landscaping
with views of Saddleback Mountain, the
cancer center's Orange County location offered
plenty of inspiration from nature. Additionally,
the existing building already had floor-to-ceiling
windows to capture the scenic views while letting
in natural light.
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TOP: The Hope Café is
located along the main
corridor on the ground
level for easy access by
patients from the cancer
center as well as the
future specialty hospital.
ABOVE: A frosted glass
screen provides privacy
for patients by separating
the retail pharmacy from
nearby seating areas.
ZGF strategically placed infusion bays along the north-facing windows
on the top floor, offering the best views to patients who'd be coming several
times a week, if not daily, to receive infusion treatments, which can last
several hours each. Frosted glass partitions and slatted wood doors enclose
each infusion bay, offering some privacy while maintaining a clear line of
sight from the nurses' stations located in the interior of the floorplate.
The site's natural elements also inspired the color palettes and finishes
inside the cancer center. Soothing blues and earthy tones from the
surrounding landscape offer connections to nature, while also serving
as color-coded wayfinding cues to help patients navigate the building.
" Different areas of the building were zoned for different materials and
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