Challenge The physician group and their real estate agent did not have a clear way of searching for and evaluating potential sites for ambulatory expansion. With a real estate agent unfamiliar with the architectural and engineering needs of a medical practice, they could not narrow down a list of available sites that would work operationally […]

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Challenge Update a 15-year-old emergency department where volumes have increased to such an extent that patient and staff conditions are unsafe and patients leave without being seen or fully accessed. Solution Keeping in the mind the census swings an urban ED experiences each day, it was essential to utilize process mapping and discrete event simulation […]

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Challenge Hunterdon Healthcare Systems mission to deliver compassionate and exceptional care that improves the health of the community, sought to expand existing services in the neighboring City of Lambertville, New Jersey. The project looks to augment services and amenities for an established Family Practice, nearly doubling the program size with capacity for future expansion on a steeply sloped heavily wooded site. Solution […]

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Challenge As Array Architects refined its project delivery processes into a lean culture, our work environment had become a barrier with desks that were oversized and divisions in the studio that made collaboration difficult. Solution After an exhaustive search for the perfect location, the space was found. Drastic changes had to be made in five months to become […]

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Challenge With more than 400 scientists working on basic and clinical research projects, Georgetown University sought to renovate and consolidate its Organic Chemistry Research and Teaching laboratories. The project site, located directly over newly renovated, occupied labs, required careful, detailed planning of all new utility runs. Solution This total-floor renovation included phased, coordinated relocation of labs and new equipment […]

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Challenge Expand Shady Grove’s Outpatient Laboratory and increase workflow efficiency by establishing a better separation of the Surgical Pathology lab and the Main lab and improved access to specimens, staff and services, while increasing the size of the blood bank. Solution The need to remain operational during renovation led to on-site work sessions with Lab leadership and key staff […]

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Challenge With valuable real estate within the main hospital, the System identified its extensive Lab service line as ideal for offsite consolidation and relocation. Four lab locations were earmarked for collocation, increasing the design challenge with varied space and technology requirements. Solution A non-cellular space, high in collaborative areas with ahead-of-the art technology investments, was conceived […]

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Challenge Inspira Health, which operates multiple ambulatory and acute care facilities, engaged Array to create a new, 200-bed, state-of-the-art community hospital. The primary goal of the new facility was to capture market share by determining the most demographically beneficial site while leveraging the system’s aging assets to continue serving their valued patients. Solution In order to […]

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