John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Campus Master Plan

BALTIMORE, MD

Johns Hopkins Health System engaged Array to study their Bayview Campus which is home to many of their academic teaching programs in Baltimore. The aged facility was primarily comprised of semi-private patient units and the Surgical platform was undersized not meeting current clinical and equipment needs. Campus access and wayfinding were disjointed and challenging for patients.

Beginning with a comprehensive Discovery phase, Array’s integrated team quickly assessed the existing departments for clinical and operational efficiency, assessed the existing facility for infrastructure needs and challenges and worked with the executive steering committee and medical staff to define the goals and vision of the campus going forward. With this foundational alignment, our team worked with a cross functional team of users and directors to map the current patient flows through each service line. In addition, we studied the key supporting value streams. As part of our analysis we developed future state operational models which allowed for the rapid creation and testing of visual programs for each service. These programs yielded best practice space needs and became the input to overall campus optimization scenario planning.

The ultimate redevelopment scenario included a new patient tower that not only allowed for the decanting of the semiprivate patient rooms, but more holistically shifted the center of gravity of the campus. This option created a new entry and arrival sequence which allows all patients and visitors to navigate from a new central location. The old and new buildings are integrated seamlessly leading to the connection of the main entry, surgical entrances, dining and patient unit elevators. Completed in under eight months, the reinvention of the campus allows John Hopkins to optimize the Bayview campus for the next 50 years while ensuring patient and faculty experience is commensurate with the Hopkins brand.