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Regional Burn Center

This project involves the complete renovation of an existing Regional Burn Center to create an appropriate environment for the treatment of a wide variety of burn victims. The project has four components: a Burn Intensive Care Unit, a Med/Surg Step-Down Unit, an outpatient area, and a sophisticated treatment area for both inpatients and outpatients. The facility serves patients, ranging in age from newborns to the elderly, with the most severe of injuries as well as those less critical. As such, the spaces respond to numerous functional requirements, patient needs and perceptions. Working within the confines of a somewhat antiquated yet […]

The facility serves patients, ranging in age from newborns to the elderly, with the most severe of injuries as well as those less critical. As such, the spaces respond to numerous functional requirements, patient needs and perceptions. Working within the confines of a somewhat antiquated yet complex building such as UCSD Medical Center may at first appear too restricting a canvas for a design. However, the architectural opportunities are available if one makes an effort to find them.

Project Objectives:

Create a new image for the Burn Center, one that would convey an uplifting image.

Make the Unit and patient rooms feel as spacious as possible.

Create a central control point for the ICU.

Provide visual access to the Step-Down Rooms from the corridor to allow for nursing supervision of patients while controlling the idle glances from visitors.

Respond to the fact that these patients are long term patients and have different needs from typical patients.