Baylor Plano Regional Medical Center
Plano, Texas
Constructed on a 29.4-acre site, the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano includes a 342,956-square-foot hospital, a 190,834-square-foot medical office building, a six-level, 1,073-vehicle parking garage, a central energy plant and surface parking.
This first phase of the hospital has inpatient units with 96 beds and a day-patient unit with 32 beds. The patient diagnostic and treatment areas include urgent care, imaging, women's health, endoscopy, surgical procedures, catheterization lab, and physical medicine. As designed, the hospital diagnostic, treatment and related support functions are located in the lower three stories, including below grade garden level. Above this base structure is a five-story patient/nursing tower that when combined provides an impressive and highly visible seven story facility. A penthouse structure for the mechanical and elevator equipment sits atop the occupied floors.
Baylor’s primary goal was to create the ideal patient experience through detailed design and advanced technology so that each patient's visit to Baylor Plano was safe, efficient and very comfortable. Baylor Plano’s goal is to first understand the hospital experience from the patient’s point of view and second, based on this understanding, to create an environment that eases worries and focuses on health. Every detail of Baylor Plano is part of a healing environment designed to nurture. Patient comfort abounds, from the private, well-appointed patient rooms, to the nearby visitors’ lounge where family and friends can prepare a meal, socialize or just relax.
Thanks to a floor plan that puts each nursing station close to the patient rooms as well as a low patient-to-nurse ratio, nurses are never more than 25 steps away. The carpeted patient care floors utilize personal touches and soothing colors in the patient rooms to make recovery as pleasant as possible. Also on the inpatient units, private, larger-than-average hospital rooms were designed with warm colors, soothing pieces of artwork and soft lighting.
As a part of Phase 1, a medical office building was constructed adjacent to the new hospital facility with an enclosed bridge connecting the two structures. The medical office building has seven stories, excluding any penthouse structures. A six-level, 1,073 vehicle parking structure was constructed near the professional office building and the entrance to the hospital. Additional surface parking is provided immediately north of the hospital and west of the professional office building and parking structure.
A detached central energy plant serving the hospital campus is located along the southern edge of the project site, away from zones identified in the master campus development plan to accommodate future development and hospital expansion.
Awards: Texas Construction Magazine Best of Texas Merit Award – Healthcare; Society of American Registered Architects - Design Award of Honor
Publications: Healthcare Design Magazine Architectural Showcase; Texas Architect May-Jun 2006