Simon Cancer Center

The expansion of the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Overlook Hospital created the needed space to create comprehensive cancer services at the hospital, but also created a new image for the entire center and the hospital through a dynamic exterior architectural design, which included soaring arched lobby/waiting areas and a combination of color and materials.  Completed in concert with a lobby and Emergency Department expansion, the new exterior detailing created a new contemporary and high-tech image for the hospital and its services.

The expansion and renovations created new space for the hospital cancer program and two oncology physician practices that form the comprehensive cancer center services. For the larger practice, the renovation provided a platform for a new approach to patient care, reorganizing their patient exam rooms into pods around a central ‘concierge station’ where medical assistants and schedulers are located to assist physicians and provide direct point of care services.  The renovation also created expanded infusion therapy spaces, all bathed by natural light from large north facing windows.

Neuroscience Institute, Inpatient Unit and Intensive Care Unit

In order to develop a Neuroscience center of excellence at Overlook, the hospital asked BUCKL Architects to develop a plan for the comprehensive center which contained three primary areas, including the outpatient clinic, inpatient unit and ICU, and the diagnostic and treatment center.  The ‘master plan’ was completed over a number of years to facilitate the relocation of other functions to fully complete the center.

Meade Cardiac Unit

As part of a large major campus expansion program, the Meade Pavilion was the first major project completed and it contained a new 40-bed Cardiac Inpatient Unit within the four story addition.  Focus was paid in establishing new interior standards for the hospital including finish, detail and configuration, in order to create a more comfortable healing environment with its focus on patients and their families.  Quiet corridors and luxurious rooms with ample natural light and rich materials create a ‘feel’ more befitting of a luxury hotel then a hospital.

Cardiac Access Unit

The Cardiac Access Unit provides patients with their first encounter at the hospital as they arrive for their cardiac procedure. The client’s goal was to to create an extremely positive first impression by providing patients with a comfortable, quiet and spa-like atmosphere in this unit.  The quiet and private 4-bed pod arrangement, the use of rich materials, decorative lighting and painted moldings all provide a very relaxed and private feel to the unit. To further reduce noise, active staff support areas are organized discreetly between the two main charting areas, leaving patient corridors quiet, with minimal doors and maximum artwork!

Lower Bucks Cancer Center

A joint venture between Lower Bucks Hospital and the ‘Jefferson Cancer Network’, this project combined the Jefferson radiation oncology program with the medical oncology program from Lower Bucks Hospital, in a comprehensive center which creates a separate identity and entry for the center from the main hospital.  While it does have separate entrance and parking areas, the center connects directly into the heart of the hospital for convenient staff and patient access.  The design includes space for a second linear accelerator vault for future growth.

Morristown Mother / Baby Unit

As part of a larger major campus expansion to Morristown Hospital, the Meade Pavilion was the first project completed and contained a 36-bed Post-Partum unit and newborn nurseries within a four story addition. Focus was paid in establishing a new interior standard for the entire Mother Baby Services at the hospital in both finish, detail and configuration, in order to create a more comfortable healing environment with its focus on patients and their families. Quiet corridors and luxurious rooms with ample natural light and rich materials create a ‘feel’ more befitting of a luxury hotel then a hospital. The post-partum rooms provide all of the support and equipment required of a ‘high-tech’ healthcare institution, yet these features are discreetly place to work within the aesthetics of the new environment.