PROJECT Stony Brook Medical and Research Translation (MART) Building + New Bed Tower
LOCATION Stony Brook, New York US
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE 12/31/2019
ARCHITECT AECOM
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT/DESIGNER Design Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM Steve Bower, Scott Nunemaker, Tim Meehan, Jeannie Gasper, Brian Bowser, Kyra Tallon
OWNER/CLIENT Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Medicine, State University Construction Fund
CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER E.W. Howell Construction Group; The LiRo Group
PHOTOGRAPHER Jeff Goldberg
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
CIVIL ENGINEER Maitra Associates PC
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AECOM
MECHANICAL ENGINEER AECOM
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER AECOM
CONSULTANT Jacob Feinberg Katz; Michaeli Consulting Group LLC (Fit Out MEP Engineers)
CONSULTANT Two Twelve Harakawa (Wayfinding / Signage)
CONSULTANT Page; SST Planners (Laboratory Planning)
CONSULTANT Shen Milsom & Wilke, LLC (Audiovisual, Security, Information Technology, Medical Equipment Planning)
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The Medical and Research Translation (MART) Building and New Bed Tower expands the existing Stony Brook University campus and Medical Center creating a new visual identity for the medical campus. This 465,000 GSF project, located on the north shore of Long Island, is situated on a vegetative site designed to integrate it in to the surrounding campus while creating a new entry experience for visitors. The project comprises a cancer diagnostic and treatment center and state-of-the-art cancer research laboratories within the eight-story MART. The ten-story Bed Tower includes advanced imaging areas, public amenities, new university classrooms, a Children’s Hospital, and 150 new patient beds for adults, adolescents, and children.
In an effort to provide a meaningful gateway to the site, the design responds to its surroundings through the use of native plant species in a way to provide a visually interesting yet site specific palette of vegetation. The main entryway for both pedestrians and vehicular drop off includes a concentration of vegetative species woven together from four distinct zones – Woodland Edge, Woodland Edge Meadow, View Corridor Entry Drive, and Open Courtyard. Careful site planning resulted in the preservation of the adjacent tree-line that acts as a buffer to the nearby busy highway. Views of Long Island Sound are provided for patients on the upper floors. Nautical design elements such as an interactive lighthouse provided in the children’s waiting room and a television wall providing a live feed from the local aquarium tie the hospital back to this important aspect of the island’s ecology.
A focal point of the project is a new 300-seat auditorium providing space for educational programs as well as after-hours community events. Shared by the MART and the Bed Tower, the auditorium sits between the two buildings creating a continuous public corridor. The new buildings have a strong connection to the original medical center, centralizing healthcare services that are easily accessible from multiple entrances.
The main façade of the MART is a striking glass curtain wall with a vertical stripe pattern. From the south, a metal panel system wraps around the building and continuous strip windows highlight the research lab areas. The bed tower has a minimalist curtain wall that features a strong horizontal metal reveal at each level to provide contrast to the MART façade. The Stony Brook logo, printed with a red ceramic frit pattern onto the glass façade, serves as signage for the new buildings and creates a compelling identity for the auditorium entrance.
JURY COMMENTS (If Applicable)
The jury was quick to understand that this project, while very complex in nature has an elegant and simple plan organization that reinforces the visitor’s experience. The exterior massing was clear, and the exterior skin is well crafted and detailed.
We especially appreciated the clarity in plan. So often additions to existing health care facilities result in a chaotic sequence of spaces as you navigate between an existing building and later additions. This project has the opposite effect—the new circulation pattern establishes an order that was previously missing.
MEDIA FOR DOWNLOAD
Project/Jury PDF
IMAGES (Captions and Photographer Credit)
1. Fritted Logo Defines Identity at Auditorium Entrance, © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
2. Children's Hospital, © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
3. © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
4. MART Lobby, © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
5. © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
6. Auditorium Breakout Space, © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
7. Auditorium, © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
8. Exterior Façade, © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Stony Brook Medical and Research Translation (MART) Building + New Bed Tower
Category
Local > AIA Potomac Valley > Institutional Architecture (AIA Potomac Valley)
Winner Status
- Merit Award
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