Specialty Pediatric Clinic

This project is a renovation of a ground or “garden-level” suite in a leased space for a pediatric health system in Washington, DC. The clinic will serve ENT, plastic surgery, and orthopedic patients. Divided into two suites, one side serving ENT and plastics and the other serving orthopedics, our team was challenged to accommodate the needs of all three practices, make the most of the limited natural light, and create two cohesive spaces that are bright and welcoming to patients of all ages.

Elevator Lobby - Wallcovering Corridor_2_option 1.jpg

concept

Bright, fresh, and modern, this clinic will appeal to patients of all ages while providing positive distraction and a “boutique-like” atmosphere. The color palette builds off of the client’s existing suite in the building and the client’s standard color palettes while maintaining a timeless feel. The use of custom graphics will provide wayfinding, positive distraction, and tie back to the existing suite.

my tasks:

Rendering
Designing + building mock up
Developing graphics with in-house graphic designer
Lighting specification + engineer coordination
Coordination with radiology consultant
Space Planning
Furniture specification

plan

With this suite divided into two clinics, there was a lot to be accommodated in this suite. One key element was ensuring that the waiting rooms had enough seating capacity and space for the best check-in and check-out processes. The two clinics are fairly similar, with four typical exam rooms each. The support spaces had to be very efficient in order to accommodate the more specialized spaces: the ENT exam rooms and patient education room in the ENT/Plastics clinic, and the casting and radiology rooms in the Orthopedic clinic. Two main design challenges in this suite were the low ceiling heights and limited access to natural light.

mock-up

Understanding the check-in workflow for both clinics was very important to this project, so the reception desk mock up for each waiting room was helpful in confirming the staff’s needs. We discovered that the orthopedic waiting room did not have enough room for patients on crutches or in wheelchairs to easily maneuver with the current orientation of the reception desk, so we were able to reconfigure it to allow more seating and a better clearance, and to accommodate staff workflow .

Preliminary sketches for reconfiguring the orthopedic waiting room

elevator lobby

The colorful custom graphic provides wayfinding to the two suites as soon as patients step off the elevator. The silhouette motif is reminiscent of similar graphics in the client’s existing suite, and the full spectrum color ties in the client’s standard color palette.

waiting areas

Each clinic had a main accent color to differentiate it, shown most prominently in the color blocking at the reception desk, but continuing throughout the clinic as well. The graphic continues into the waiting room from the elevator lobby, and provides positive distraction to patients as they wait.

corridor + exam rooms

The silhouette motif continues onto the film of each exam room door as a means of wayfinding. Full-lite doors were used for the exam rooms to allow in as much of the limited natural light as possible, while maintaining patient privacy with the film. The exam rooms use a custom printed wall protection wrapping the wall around the exam table.