P O R T F O L I O :
h e a lt h c a r e
Children’s Medical Center
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project client
Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
Children’s Medical Center
architect
HKS, Inc.
link completes the hospital’s signature form. According to David Vincent, AIA, HKS’ principal medical planner, some
Centex Construction Company, Inc.
functional interior areas allowing increased family ameni-
HKS, Inc. (structural); CCRD Partners (MEP); Mitchell
ties. “Today, the hospital is able to offer families space for
Associates (interiors and graphics); The Lighting Practice (lighting);
a sleepover couch as well as comfortable seating,” Vincent
Sonia King (murals); Gene Burton & Associates (equip planner)
said. The opening of the six floors is the first part of an
contractor consultants
photographer
Ed LaCasse
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of the building’s exterior void spaces were transformed into
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aggressive expansion underway at Children’s to meet the needs of a rapidly growing pediatric population in North
To complete a unique and challenging expansion for the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, HKS and Centex
Texas. Completed in January 2004, the addition is part of A n d i
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the $100 million expansion at the Motor Street facility.
worked together to design and build a six-story addition
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atop an existing six-story building. “HKS was brought on board to maximize the vertical expansion possibilities of the hospital’s existing bed tower so that additional children’s patient care and medical treatment would be available,”
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said Roy Gunsolus, AIA, HKS’ senior vice president and project manager. “The original bed tower was a six-story
r e s o u r c e s
concrete structure designed for a one-story addition. HKS
architectural concrete :
switched to a lighter weight steel structure, added lateral
membrane roofing :
bracing, and maximized the structure’s code capacity al-
and plastic doors and frames :
concrete materials :
Lattimore Concrete;
precast
metal doors and frames :
VTI Inc.;
wood
VTI Inc.; metal windows : Kawneer; glazed
lowing six floors to be added.” The 159,000-sf expansion
curtainwall : Kawneer; tile : Daltile; acoustical ceilings : USG; wall cover -
doubles the size of the East Tower and adds approximately
ings : Tandem Contract; paint : ICI, flooring : Toli Flooring, Roppe Base,
132 beds, while the high-rise tower design offers a dra-
Armstrong Flooring, Nora Rubber Flooring, D4-Tile, Bisazza, Bolyu
matic view of the Dallas skyline. The building’s footprint
Contract Carpet;
was expanded through triangular projections on each of the
Co.; manufactured casework : Howard McKinney Inc.; blinds , shutters ,
bed tower’s four faceted ends, and a barrel vault at the east
and shades :
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2 0 0 6
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GFRC of Texas; laminates : Wilsonart Pionite;
Soprema;
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signage and graphics :
Ground floor plan 1 patient care units 2 public/administrative 3 elevators
Morrison Architectural Sign
Mecho Shades
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