Pocono Ambulatory Surgery Center

摘要

With a significant growth of business in recent years, Pocono Ambulatory Surgery Center needed substantial help in expanding their existing facility. The first problem was to overcome a long, narrow and difficult site. The program initially called for an addition with three (3) Class 'C' operatories, recovery areas with patient beds and nurses stations along with the required exam rooms and typical support spaces. A sheltered patient drop off and pick up area was also required. Thus, the first challenge was to fit the addition with a complex program to the narrow site with tight setbacks. The setbacks and line of the existing street on the north side of the building caused the new addition to step with it. The stepping of the facade that was necessitated by the setbacks turned into a design opportunity in terms of the addition's massing.