University of Arizona Medical Center South Campus | Cannon Design + CDG Architects
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Balancing the challenges of a complex interdisciplinary program, acute safety, and security requirements, demanding environmental conditions, and a rigorous cost management agenda, Pima County?s new comprehensive mental health center is destined to change the practice of behavioral healthcare.
Photography: Timothy Hursley
The design solution creates a normalized, non-institutional environment integrated into the community and reflecting the culture and climate of the Sonoran Desert. Completed in July 2011 under budget at only $187 per SF, the 204,000 SF facility features two functionally inter-related buildings, a 96-bed Psychiatric Hospital and a Crisis Response Center. Operating in tandem to serve multiple facets of behavioral care, the buildings are organized around a shared service court providing secure access for medical staff, law enforcement, courtroom personnel, and patient and material transfers. Photography: Bill Timmerman
Each building features layered zones for patients, staff, and visitors with dedicated circulation networks. Access to outdoor terraces and courtyards is provided on all floors for all building occupants. A full continuum of care is provided with acute and sub-acute inpatient services, outpatient services, crisis assessment and stabilization, and specialized facilities for law enforcement, paramedics, and first responders. Additionally, an integral courtroom serves patients enteri...
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