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Boulder Community Hospital MOB

Boulder, CO

Boulder Community Hospital is located on one of the City's primary traffic arteries in an area just North of downtown Boulder. Adjacent to two recently renovated shopping areas, this expansion of the hospital needed to further enhance the streetscape and vehicular amenities as well as pedestrian benefits. The hospital itself was also in desperate need of office space for its doctors and staff, which were scattered in a variety of buildings within blocks of the hospital. The challenges of this project included taking a very dated, eclectic group of aging buildings and creating an in-fill by way of the Medical Office addition, along with a 'hidden' parking structure that would aid patient accessibility to the new wing. To accomplish this, the project included a master planning study and sub-area planning of the hospital site and surrounding streetscape interface with the neighborhood. Architecture for the Medical Office Building provided a new image for the hospital via the use of a rectilinear arrangement of rust-colored masonry columns and beams, a covered drop off area, balconies and a recessed glass lobby entrance. The original hospital exterior was blond brick, so this is carried through the new addition via a loop of blond brick that runs through the base of the office building, linking new with old and offering acknowledgement of the hospital's historic image.

PROJECT TEAM

Bob West - Principal In Charge
Andy White - Project Manager

SERVICES PROVIDED

Architecture
Entitlements & Rezoning