For Immediate Release: January 8, 2009
HGA-Designed Acute Rehabilitation Institute Opens at Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Roseville, CA - The new $40 million Sutter Acute Rehabilitation Institute at Sutter Roseville Medical Center has opened. Designed by HGA Architects and Engineers, the 106,500-square-foot facility will serve patients disabled by spinal and brain injuries or illness in order to help them achieve maximum functional independence and the ability to return back to the community.
As a level II trauma center, Sutter Roseville Medical Center treats serious injuries and illnesses. In the past, patients were transferred elsewhere when rehabilitation and therapy were ready to begin. The new acute rehabilitation institute, however, includes 40 beds for rehabilitation patients and shell space for an additional 16 beds, which will be added when the community's need increases. The second floor houses a 30-bed ventilator unit and ancillary support needs. This is the second formal acute rehabilitation unit at a Sacramento-area Sutter facility, but is the largest stand-alone facility of its kind in the region, according to the Sacramento Business Journal.
The main entry and a two-story public lobby at the Sutter Acute Rehabilitation Institute are located at the east end of the building, while service areas are located on the west side. The nursing units surround the central gym, dining and recreation areas, which are designed to provide daylight and outdoor views. This zoning minimizes travel distance from nursing units to the common patient areas. Placing the entrance to the east also provides a clear identity and entrance to visitors.
The exterior of the building utilizes materials and design concepts to match Sutter Roseville's architecturally cohesive campus. Stucco walls recall the exterior of existing nursing areas, while a pitched metal roof conceals mechanical elements, just as with the existing hospital. Glass, stone and overhangs distinguish the facade.
Three connected gardens/courtyards, located immediately south of the institute, create a visual buffer from the patient rooms to the adjacent parking structure. Trees along the ambulance road further screen the patient rooms from the structure. Upper terraces connect with the administrative and dining/recreation areas of the ventilator unit. The first-level terrace overlooks a ravine and provides an outdoor therapy area to help patients navigate various outdoor surfaces and challenges.
Inside the center, circulation follows a central "Main Street" leading from the two-story public lobby and administrative area to the therapy gym, dining and recreation zones. The central skylight in the lobby brings natural light indoors to create an inviting welcome area that showcases artwork and a grand staircase. Curved, prefabricated-steel soffits add visual relief along the Main Street corridor. The nursing units flank the central area, providing entry points to the light-infused common patient areas and patient rooms.
HGA's design team for the Sutter Acute Rehabilitation Institute included Bonnie Walker, AIA, principal-in-charge; Stan Chiu, AIA, lead designer; Greg Osecheck, project manager; and Ildefonso de Alba, construction administration. Consultants included Stephen Short, planner; R+A Engineering, mechanical; ECOM, electrical; Omni-Means, civil; MTW Group, landscape architecture; and Arktegraf, interior design.
Collins received his bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Southern California in 1998. He is a registered architect in California and Arizona.
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