Institutional Planning
St. Joseph's Medical Center
Strategic Plan
Medical campuses grow at alarming rates. They are constantly under pressure to create facilities that allow them to stay competitive in a dynamic marketplace. This growth often comes at the expense of the social and physical environment surrounding the medical area. As the health care industry continues to expand, recognition that their host environments become or remain vital is increasingly important. A neglected neighborhood surrounding the hospital is seeks ways to benefit from its proximity to the campus.
The strategic plan establishes an open space framework into the medical campus that fosters connectivity with the adjoining neighborhood fabric and reinforces a sense of place for the hospital. Underutilized properties are assembled in areas between the campus and the neighborhood that create new redevelopment opportunities with programs that benefit the hospital, private development and new research opportunities.
DAVID GAMBLE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND DESIGNER FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN THE OFFICE OF CHAN KRIEGER SIENEIWICZ (CKS).
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC)
Master Plan
The absence of organized growth amongst nine academic and medical institutions who share a territory inspires an effort to plan collaboratively, increase communication and establish a comprehensive master planning process. Formed in 2001, the BNMC is a consortium of health-care related institutions working together to provide nationally-recognized medical care and foster redevelopment in downtown Buffalo.
In an effort to create higher campus density, underutilized parcels already under the control of the institutions are targeted for redevelopment. Substantial growth can be accommodated within the current boundaries of the campus, allowing shared community uses and infill development to occur on the seams with the neighborhoods. Ellicott Street - currently a tertiary street - links opportunity sites and becomes the new campus spine, creating a common address and sense of identity for both existing and future medical facilities.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: CRJA. DAVID GAMBLE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND DESIGNER FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN THE OFFICE OF CHAN KRIEGER SIENEIWICZ (CKS).
Oklahoma City Medical Business District
Redevelopment Plan
Tremendous redevelopment in Oklahoma City has not yet embraced the area to the north of the downtown core. While institutional expansion occurs on Oklahoma University’s Health Science Center and St. Anthony’s Hospital, little vitality exists between these employment anchors. A prevalence of surface parking, vacant lots and social service programs have stymied development in the area for decades.
The plan focuses on five sites that have the most potential for redevelopment. A new diagonal street extension creates unforeseen relationships between the St. Anthony medical campus and recent new investments downtown. Vacant properties adjacent to the highway are assembled to create a contiguous 13-acre site accessed with a realigned highway exit ramp. Residential areas are targeted for infill development in keeping with the adjacent neighborhood scale. The plan challenges the notion of a single, dispersed medical business district and instead creates clusters of activity linked along a corridor.
DAVID GAMBLE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER AND DESIGNER FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN THE OFFICE OF CHAN KRIEGER SIENEIWICZ (CKS).
architecture
urban design
