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Palo Alto Medical Foundation San Carlos Center
Interior Design Magazine recently featured the Palo Alto Medical Foundation San Carlos Center in an article on their website. This new facility was designed to be a gateway to the community and a symbol for positive development, focusing particularly on well-being.
Outside, there are courtyards and enclosed gardens for patients to connect with nature and relax in between procedures. The outside is then brought in with a glass-enclosed walkway, a long live-edge walnut bench and a metal canopy cut with a leaf pattern which casts a shadow onto the walkway’s floor, which continually changes throughout the day. There are also more than 50 photos of the San Carlos landscape along the waiting areas and corridors.
The design team took extra care in making all areas of the hospital comfortable for the families, the patients and the staff. To read more about this facility and view the slideshow on the Interior Design website, click here.
The main lobby features walls of Colorado sandstone and repurposed Douglas fir beam blocks, plus a custom reception desk with a transaction top in oil-rubbed copper. Photography by Bruce Damonte.
Images of foxes are stenciled on the walls of a pediatric exam room. Photography by Sean Airhart/NBBJ.
The color of the lighting in the MRI room can be adjusted to soothe patients. Photography by Sean Airhart/NBBJ.
50 photographs of the surrounding San Carlos landscape are included throughout the project, including in the clinic lobby. Photography by Sean Airhart/NBBJ.
Source: Interior Design Magazine
