Project Data:

Firm Name:              CannonDesign

Completion Date:     1/1/2018

Square Footage:      62000

Building Use:           Medical Office Building

Location:                 Santa Clarita, CA

Project Description:

The Kaiser Santa Clarita Medical Office Building (MOB) is an adaptive reuse of an existing 4-story 115,000 sf office building and research/development facility, into a new Specialty MOB. The scope also includes the replacing an existing 4-story parking structure with a new 7-story structure to meet code requirements.

The project consists of the build out of 62,000 sf of conditioned/programmed space on the first two levels, while maintaining levels 3 and 4 as shelled future growth. The program includes 21 specialty provider offices, an OSHPD 3 licensed Ambulatory Surgery Clinic, high-end Urgent Care Services, and ancillary services including general radiology, pharmacy, blood draw, and a new service yard. It is currently tracking LEED Gold.

The site is characterized by two garden courtyards, one located at the main building entrance and the other at the western entrance of the building. These garden courts are designed around the Total Health Philosophy and will serve as places of refuge and rejuvenation for patients and visitors as well as staff. Both are designed to provide easily understood wayfinding with walkways to direct members toward building entrances and amenities. The gardens feature a selection of native and adaptive plant species which provide connections to regional plant life as well as shade and a comforting environment.

Using a highly integrated design-assist approach, the team incorporated the Reimagining Ambulatory Care Design (RAD) vision and concepts while incorporating the Design Excellence guiding principles into the adaptive reuse of the existing office building and R&D facility.

The Public Square Sequence became a new two-story atrium space. The light offers a symbolic “grove of trees” which is uninterrupted throughout the walls, columns, and glass using a form of non-PVC film. The glass provides visual interest and wayfinding on the second floor.

The Entry Sequence begins at the entrance of the colonnade with wood slat ceilings, decorative exterior pendants, new porcelain tiles and stenciled forest graphics. Our plan included visually interesting circular patterns scored into the concrete creating flexible wayfinding pathways. This efficient plan overcame the existing building column line spacing, core elements and window location.

Implementing Public Square Sequences in an existing building renovation was a challenge for the team. The two-story lobby had no daylight and was perceived as a layered space that features thrive grove tree and intended to diminish the perception of the confining space. The lobby terminated visual access from the entrance and redirects visitors to elevator lobby. The design intent is to allow easy transition from exterior to indoor space that is directional and creates clarity and a sense of arrival. This challenge was branded as Reimagining Ambulatory Care Design (RAD).

The clinical modules were relocated to the perimeter of the building. This minimizes physical constrains, maximizes daylighting and views. The waiting rooms also incorporate daylighting and access to outdoor gardens. Intuitive wayfinding and seating areas allow for reflection, solitude, noise mitigation and stress relief. Examination rooms aren’t the sterile or uninviting environment of a traditional MOB; daylighting and views encourage healing and cognitive functions. The interior finishes are inspired by a full color spectrum defining spaces and creating a sense of volume, visual interest and light perception.

C.O.T.E. | Committee on the Environment

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