Weill Greenberg Center
October 7, 2008Web Seminar
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
This Web seminar is part of a four-part series presented by the Vendom Group in conjuction with the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health that will explore winners of the 2008 AIA National Healthcare Design Awards.
The Weill Greenberg Center
The Weill Greenberg Center establishes a new
institutional identity for the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical
College of Cornell University and heralds a new era in personalized
medicine. Inspired by the tranquility of a spa environment, the
design of this world-class center optimizes the patient experience
to promote health and healing and reinforces the institution’s
state-of-the-art clinical services. Moreover, its singular identity
and its being the first of the college’s clinical facilities
on the west side of York Avenue distinguish it from the clinical
image of New York Hospital; integrated into the everyday fabric of
the city, it presents an elegant, reassuring and welcoming face for
health care. Sheathed in a waterwhite ceramic-fritted, facetted
glass curtain wall, selected for its translucent qualities and
experiential richness, the 330,000-square-foot, 15-story building
symbolizes the progressive identity of the institution. From the
interior, the translucent skin subdues the hustle and bustle of the
city. Natural materials constitute the material palette of the
public spaces. A series of water features and intimate seating
alcoves enhance the sense of calm and ease patient stress and
anxiety.