That butterfly building :)

Rush's butterfly building won an award in World Architecture Festival :)

Health winner: Rush University Medical Center New Hospital Tower, USA by Perkins+Will

Date posted: 03/10/13

This hospital in Chicago is part of a campus-wide transformation project which also includes an orthopaedic building and a parking structure and new loading and delivery system. The 800,000 square foot hospital consists of 386 patient beds along with diagnostic and treatment facilities such as surgery, radiology and emergency departments. 

The organizational concept consists of a rectangular six-storey base containing new diagnostic and treatment facilities topped by a five-story curvilinear bed tower. The base connects to existing diagnostic treatment facilities to create a new continuous interventional platform. The geometry of the bed tower maximizes views and natural light for patient rooms while also creating an environment for efficient and safe health care.

The judges said this was, ‘a sensitive approach to context, an innovative solution to a highly complex programme, combined in a compelling result that challenges stereotypes of institutionalized health care’.