2007 Vista Awards Recipient
Renovation
Maimonides Cancer Center
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Presented to an organization that has altered the existing conditions or added new space to existing structures. The original building envelope remains essentially intact.
Project Information
Number of square feet: 65,000
Number of beds: N/A
Project budget: $10,500,000
Actual cost: $10,300,000
Start date: Spring 2004
Completion date: Spring 2006
Project Description
This 60,000 square foot multi-phase renovation reinvented an existing, drab, multi-disciplinary, facultypractice building as the innovative experience-focused, sustainable Maimonides Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first in Brooklyn. This transformation occurred over a three-year period by a design and construction team without ever vacating the premises. As the prior, multi-practice tenant vacated, a carefully sequenced phase-in of Radiation Oncology, Medical and Surgical Oncology, Infusion and Pediatric Oncology services replaced them in a four-phase construction project. Highlights of the project included three below grade linear accelerator vaults (the roof of one incorporates a new parking garage entrance ramp) and the design reconnected the deep floor plate interior to nature through the introduction of windows, skylights and a natural, culturally relevant palette on a constrained urban site.
This project has generated new attitudes within an immediate community and the greater New York City region about the depth of services in Brooklyn and has enhanced staff recruitment. Maimonides is committed to continuing to explore innovative approaches to achieving “high performance” healthcare within the community.
Team Members
Tommy Callahan, Project Manager, Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC; New York City, New York
Derek Goins,Sr. Vice President, Maimonides Medical Center; Brooklyn, New York
Robin Guenther, FAIA,Principal, Guenther 5 Architects; New York City, New York
Susan Hayes, President, Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC; New York City, New York
Robert Larsen, FAIA, ACHA, Principal, Larsen Shein Ginsberg Synder, LLP; New York City, New York
Peter Syrett, AIA, Principal, Guenther 5 Architects, New York City, New York
