At the NewYork-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center, patients receive integrated care and undergo complex procedures on an outpatient basis. With a focus on the human experience, the program provides a comprehensive suite of services for patients in a contemporary and soothing environment. The design of the leading-edge facility is the result of a collaboration among HOK as architect, Ballinger as medical architect and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners as consulting architect for building envelope and lobby.
Patients enter through a soaring, light-filled space with unobstructed paths to a central reception desk and self-registration kiosks, from which they proceed to elevators that carry them to clinical floors. Clinical support spaces are patient-focused and efficient, with the flexibility to accommodate future technologies and changes in patient care. The facility’s primary services include outpatient surgery, endoscopy, interventional radiology, diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology, infusion, and digestive disease treatments.
Within the 40-foot-high lobby, a sweeping mezzanine offers a multipurpose gathering space with food service and a direct connection to the adjoining Wellness Center. An open stair invites access to the more intimate upper mezzanine, providing a comfortable “living room” for patients and their families.
An all-glass facade was suggested by the fact that the exterior edge of the building is primarily circulation space. The insertion of a wood screen into the triple-glazed assembly and application of a frit pattern on the inner surface of the outer pane give the curtain wall its distinctive character, achieving richness and variety in a highly sustainable form.
Show Facts
Site
At York Avenue and 68th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan
Components
734,000 ft2 / 68,000 m2 gross area; ambulatory care center for cancer care, treatment of digestive diseases, outpatient surgery, interventional radiology, and diagnostic imaging; maternity ward; health and wellness center; conference center; dining facilities; underground parking
Client
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
PCF&P Services
Building envelope and lobby
Sustainability
LEED Gold: Healthcare
lead designer
Awards
Healthcare Design Showcase: Highest Award
Healthcare Design Magazine, 2019
Top-Five Project Worldwide, Healthcare and Wellness
Architizer A+ Awards, 2019
Best Healthcare Project
Engineering News Record New York, 2018
American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum, 2020
Healthcare Architecture Award
Architecture MasterPrize, 2019
Rethinking the Future Award: Institutional
European Healthcare Design, 2020
Salus Award for Healthcare Design (Over 25,000 sqm)
European Healthcare Design, 2019
Salus Award for Design Innovation (for Quality Improvement)
Greater New York Construction User Council, 2019
Rethinking the Future Award: Institutional
RTF Architecture Awards, 2020
Building Team Silver Award
Building Design & Construction, 2020
The transparent glass wall behind reveals the entire interior to the street—not only the main lobby but also the exceptionally welcoming drive-through beyond.
Site plan
Elevation: York Avenue
Project Credits
Architect: HOK, Inc., New York; Medical Architect: Ballinger, Philadelphia; Structural: Thornton Tomasetti, New York; Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing: Syska Hennessy Group, New York; Images: Albert Vecerka/Esto, Ballinger, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners