Northwell Health, Katz Women’s Hospital and Zuckerberg Pavilion

Client Northwell Health
Expertise Healthcare
Location New Hyde Park, New York, United States

The women’s hospital building creates a prominent new face for the Northwell Health campus and significantly improves efficiency, circulation, and comfort.

Project Facts

Status Construction Complete
Completion Year 2011
Design Finish Year 2008
Size Site Area: 4.50 acres Building Height: 140 feet Number of Stories: 7 Building Gross Area: 295,000 square feet
Collaborators

SBLD Studio Thomas Balsley Associates Van Deusen & Associates Romano Gatland Lebowitz/Gould/Design, Inc. WSP Cantor Seinuk Salans Pts Consulting (It Infrastructure) Stantec - Vancouver Davis Langdon Lerch Bates Upright Expediters Horizon Engineering Associates Source Atlantic Swisslog Healthcare Solutions Cerami & Associates Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, LLC Lendlease - San Francisco

Project Facts

Status Construction Complete
Completion Year 2011
Design Finish Year 2008
Size Site Area: 4.50 acres Building Height: 140 feet Number of Stories: 7 Building Gross Area: 295,000 square feet
Collaborators

SBLD Studio Thomas Balsley Associates Van Deusen & Associates Romano Gatland Lebowitz/Gould/Design, Inc. WSP Cantor Seinuk Salans Pts Consulting (It Infrastructure) Stantec - Vancouver Davis Langdon Lerch Bates Upright Expediters Horizon Engineering Associates Source Atlantic Swisslog Healthcare Solutions Cerami & Associates Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers, LLC Lendlease - San Francisco

A modern center for world-class healthcare

A curved glass facade gives this women’s hospital a generous and expansive appearance, and its syncopated composition of vertical elements reflects the diverse functions housed within. The facility consolidates women’s services—providing healthcare to expectant mothers through the creation of spaces for diagnostic and treatment services, labor and delivery, ante- and postpartum care, C-section operating rooms, 102 replacement beds, and a nursery for 60 newborns.

NSLIJ_North Facade — © Eduard Hueber | archphoto

The focal point of a revitalized campus

The 300,000-square-foot tower, located on the 48-acre Northwell Health (formerly North Shore LIJ) campus, is the centerpiece for the revitalization of the larger campus. The building’s geometry is based on the vesica piscis, an ancient fertility symbol with overlapping circles. This creates two convex surfaces—one facing the facility’s entrance, the other facing its main tower. Inside, the curved design helps mitigate the endless corridors so common in medical buildings. The building infrastructure and all building systems also allow for future vertical expansion of two additional stories as medical care changes over time, and will have the capacity to accommodate up to 30 medical or surgical beds each.

Taking cues from home and hospitality

To bring an added level of comfort, the interior is modeled after residential and hotel design to improve care for both patients and their families. Single-occupancy birthing suites allow for overnight stays for new fathers, while large lounges provide space for additional family members. Almost all patient rooms have views of a neighboring meadow.