A focus on flexibility is meant to foster an environment that helps patients and welcomes community members—both today and for years to come.
Architecture often calls for a balancing act of considering both today’s needs and the demands of tomorrow, but for EwingCole’s Philadelphia office, a recent hospital lobby project required thinking ahead in more ways than one. For the $80 million, 124,000- square-foot first phase of the Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital revitalization, the centerpiece of a broader hospital rebranding, the architects had to build for shifting trends in health care while accommodating the hospital’s future expansion.
When the EwingCole team, led by design director Saul Jabbawy, first visited the aging complex in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb across the Delaware River in New Jersey, they encountered a collection of outdated 1960s brick buildings—with little more than a security desk to usher patients and visitors into what is often a stressful environment. “The entire lobby was a tiny little room, maybe 20 by 40 feet....Everything else was dispersed in the bowels of the hospital,” Jabbawy says. “Essentially, you arrived nowhere.”
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No New Buildings
The energy already embodied in the built environment is a precious unnatural resource. It’s time to start treating it like one.
The Circular Office
Major manufacturers are exploring every avenue to close the loop on workplace furniture.
Signs of Life
Designers, curators, and entrepreneurs are scrambling to make sense of motherhood in a culture that’s often hostile to it.
Interspecies Ethic
In probing the relationship between humans and nature, two major exhibitions question the very foundations of design practice.
Building on Brand
The Bauhaus turned 100 this year, and a crop of museum buildings sprang up for the celebration.
Building for Tomorrow, Today
Radical change in the building industry is desperately needed. And it cannot happen without the building trades.
Strength from Within
Maggie’s Centres, the service-focused cancer support network, eschews clinical design to arm patients in their fight for life.
Next-Level Living
The availability of attractive, hospitality-grade products on the market means everyday consumers can live the high life at home.
Mi Casa, Su Casa
Casa Perfect creates a memorable shopping experience in lavish private homes.
Enter The Culinarium
AvroKO imagines the future of residential amenities—where convenience, comfort, and sustainability meet.