This $8.5 million, 40,000 square foot
seismic upgrade and remodel project recycled a 1969 bank /
office building concrete frame structure. The building was
completely gutted and redesigned to comply with ADA and OSHPD
requirements in order to function as an outpatient facility.
The design concept was based on seismically retrofitting the
existing structure, adding new lobbies and elevators, and
connecting the new exit corridors with conforming new exit
stairs at the north & south. The building is sheathed in a
skin of gray slate, insulated green glass and silk-screened
spandrel art glass with vertical aluminum fins and articulated
pilasters.
A public pedestrian plaza and bus shelter were created along
Beverly Boulevard by demolishing an existing one story
structure. One of the plaza walls features an art project by a
contemporary artist. The overall design presents an articulate
and modern vision of the direction of outpatient healthcare
that will last well into the 21st century.
