Studio 483 teamed with CannonDesign on the collaborative design for the renovation of two inpatient units in the hospital pavilion towers of University of Iowa Health Care. The 19-bed Respiratory Specialty and Comprehensive Care Unit (RSCCU) and five-bed palliative care unit is a 23,400-square-foot design arranged to allow the two departments to flex into each other’s space at times of high census. Design and construction documents were completed for this project, and construction is anticipated in the future. The Adult Leukemia and Blood & Marrow Transplant Unit (ALBMT) collocates two inpatient units into one cohesive 22,600-square-foot unit of 24 private inpatient beds. Construction of this floor was completed in 2018.
The design of the two hospital pavilion floors is intended to set the standard for future renovation and has several consistent features. Unit design arranges the patient rooms to allow circulation space to reach the exterior windows, which in turn provides a pathway for natural light to reach further into the core of the floor plate. The floor plan utilizes a larger team station in the center of the plan as well as smaller nurse stations adjacent to the patient room pods, with multiple family support space options.
