We partnered with the client on a facility master plan to guide campus development through 2020. A three-story addition has enabled the Medical Center to relocate and significantly expand its emergency department, while adding shelled space for future diagnostic programs and a total of 108 new private patient rooms. The project adopts innovations from our design for Jersey Shore University Medical Center – for example, adding shared spaces to each inpatient “neighborhood” enables nurses to more efficiently manage patient care.
Building Facts
- 140,000 GSF
Contemporary Aesthetic
The material palette of the existing campus — brick, glass, metal, precast — is combined in new ways to create a more contemporary aesthetic for Ocean Medical Center’s Emergency Department.
Clerestory windows provide ample daylight for the lobby, showcasing the natural stone and wood materials that set the stage for a design aesthetic inspired by nature.
Seating area in the main lobby features soothing aqua multicolor walls with artwork and wave-shaped sconces. The layered walls are different shades like water waves of the ocean.
Nurse stations in the Emergency Department feature colored accents in the ceiling to aid in wayfinding and carry aqua colors throughout the facility.
The pediatric nurse station is deeper inside the building, but benefits from sunlight coming through a skylight. The aqua wood flooring and punched up wave shape add fun to the area for children and their families.
Pediatric rooms have clerestory windows bringing light into the room. A sleeper sofa is available for parents staying for long visits. The color palette in pediatric rooms is more playful for the children.
The three-story building features shelled space for patient rooms that has been designed to expand vertically to accommodate an additional three floors. This has created a new entry identity for the healthcare campus. A wing sail serves a wayfinding beacon at night with a light that can change colors.
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