Lourdes Health System worked with Environetics, a New York architecture, interior design, and engineer firm, to convert a vacant supermarket in Cherry Hill, N. J., into a facility that could provide more affordable and accessible health services, according to an article on the Healthcare Design magazine website.
The result, LourdesCare, was opened in March 2013. The 55,000-square-foot ambulatory care center was designed to provide a greater continuum of care through a multidisciplinary model, with primary care and a range of subspecialties, diagnostic modalities, and “session suites” in a non-institutional setting, according to the article.
One of the major reasons for selecting the property, the article said, was that the building is located at a high-visibility intersection. However, the building sits at a lower elevation than the road, so passersby look down at the building. To deal with the challenge, Environetics created a gently arching fin wall designed to bring attention to the main entry, became a brand identity element for Lourdes Health System , and screen the mechanical units on the roof.
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