Array Architects

Challenge For this six-story, 570,000 SF new hospital with an integrated 330,000 SF Medical Office Building, the Hospital’s Steering Committee tasked Array with creating an environment where patients and visitors would exclaim: “I can’t believe it’s a hospital.”  Array’s design needed to be welcoming, provide a personal experience unlike any other hospital, and support the […]

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Challenge With 22 hospitals across North America, Shriners Hospitals for Children is recognized as a leading provider of specialty pediatric healthcare.  The Philadelphia Shriners hospital focuses on spinal cord injuries and orthopedics and was built adjacent to Temple University Children’s Hospital.  When Temple dropped its Pediatric service line, Shriners turned to Array to determine design […]

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This project has been awarded the Innovative Parking Award by the Middle Atlantic Parking Association.  Challenge Located on a tight urban site, Temple needed to add both parking capacity and program support space and asked Array to develop a solution that contributed to the neighborhood and conformed to budgetary constraints. Solution We saw this as a gateway, […]

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Challenge Located near the New Jersey Shore, Community Medical Center was landlocked by two major highways which limited expansion opportunities.  .  Since parking was identified as a key patient satisfier, Array was asked to analyze parking expansion opportunities on the campus. Solution As part of an Emergency Department expansion, we recommended that a 240-car parking […]

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Challenge With a project over budget and not supportive of their model of care, St. Joseph’s, a member of the Wheaton-Franciscan hospital group, turned to Array for design assistance with their new Center for Women & Infants. Solution Based on information gathered with user groups, we developed a solution that provided a new “front door” […]

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Challenge This suburban hospital is a “sister” hospital to a downtown facility that is the designated Regional Perinatal Center – which was also designed by Array.  Desiring the flexibility of scheduling staff at either location, Array was tasked with achieving design parity between the two locations. Solution Using the same headwall and room layout, we […]

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Challenge Seeing their emergency patient volume increase, the VA turned to Array to assist with an expansion that would provide a “benchmark” ED within the Veterans Affairs system. Solution Recognizing that the client’s scope for this project exceeded their available budget, Array developed a phasing solution that would meet the VA’s goals for a world-class […]

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Challenge After opening their new hospital, Cooper recognized the need for additional space within their Emergency Department to improve patient satisfaction and increase throughput. Solution Within very tight space constraints, we designed a 20-bed Clinical Decision Unit featuring patient observation rooms, an open nurse station and staff work areas positioned to provide maximum visibility into […]

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