Focus: Facility Design

Brigham and Women’s Hospital opens new facility

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Building for Transformative Medicine is designed to serve patients suffering from chronic neurologic, orthopedic, and rheumatologic conditions


The new Brigham and Women’s Hospital Building for Transformative Medicine was designed to serve patients suffering from chronic neurologic, orthopedic and rheumatologic conditions, according to an article on the Healthcare Construction + Operations website.

The Boston facility features eight floors of research laboratories, two floors of clinics, a state-of-the-art imaging facility, a conference and teaching center and a 400-car garage.

It also features artwork that highlights the human medical breakthroughs related to the brain and body.

The project's challenges included designing the building on a residential street where the construction crew was required to control the dust, noise and lights. 

Read the article.

 

 



October 24, 2016


Topic Area: Project News for Healthcare Facilities


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