Kaiser Permanente Oakland: Compact New Design

Kaiser Permanente in Oakland recently went through a redesign.  One of the biggest challenges on the project was incorporating expanded services on a dense 7-acre urban campus. The new hospital building now allows the facility to introduce new medical services, including an expanded emergency department, 349 patient beds, and a full-service children’s hospital to serve families throughout Northern California.

The 12-story Oakland hospital re-opened in July featuring all-private patient rooms with pull-out guest beds so relatives can stay with loved ones overnight. Rooms are equipped with interactive technology that patients can use from the bedside to order room-service, watch television, find the names of doctors, and read their care schedules.

Outside, a central courtyard provides patients and staff easy access to nature and fills interior spaces with daylight. A street-level café is open to the public, and a main entrance plaza links the hospital to a retail district on its northeast corner and an adjacent park.

Bright colored walls not only brighten small spaces, but also host artwork submitted by local elementary school students.  To read more, visit HealthcareDesignMagazine.com or click here.