EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading healthcare, education, retail, cultural and government builders, was part of the team retained by the Southampton Hospital Association for The Phillips Family Cancer Center, a 13,800-square-foot, two-story building on County Road 39A in Southampton, NY.  

The design of The Phillips Family Cancer Center is inspired by the property’s former history as a Southampton farmer’s potato barn. Bridgehampton architect Blaze Makoid imagined a light, airy space where patients can connect with nature as part of the healing process. Covered by a long, rectangular pitched roof, the exterior of the building’s top floor is sided with composite wood planks reminiscent of aged cedar, while the exterior of the lower level along the entry front is exposed board form concrete. Victor Famulari, a specialist in healthcare facilities, designed the interior.

“EW Howell was honored to be chosen by the Southampton Hospital Association for this important project,” said Vice President Robert Timperio, vice president of EW Howell’s Healthcare Division. “The primary design intention of this space is for it to feel open, light, airy and connected to nature; a place where cancer patients may feel more relaxed and comfortable while undergoing treatment.”

The center’s radiation treatment area is located on the street level.  A 22,000-pound leaded cantilevered concrete door opens the vault housing a Linear Accelerator inside prefabricated leaded concrete walls, whose width varies from 4-5 feet based upon the shielding plan design. The vault extends back into the hill behind the building.

Medical Oncology is accessible on the second level with its entrance directly off the upper parking lot. The infusion area is bright and cheerful, and the cathedral ceiling features skylights above 12 individual stations with glass dividers depicting soothing images of waving dune grasses. The two shared treatment spaces enjoy an expansive floor-to-ceiling view of trees. The west-side chemotherapy stations overlook the organic year-round garden planted on the hill above the linear accelerator. 

At the opposite end of the second level is a multi-purpose area that functions as a light-filled conference room. It can quickly convert into a screening room for live Skype medical conferencing with Stony Brook University’s Cancer Center. Additionally, the sectional table and chairs easily collapse and roll into a closet, creating space for fitness classes and other wellness workshops. For more information, visit: www.ewhowell.com.