Houston, TX — At the recent Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition & Congress in Abu Dhabi, The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi received the 2010 Best Hospital Design Award (Built or Future). The award, open to both completed and planned projects, looks for an outstanding hospital design that places both patients and the environment at the heart of the project, reflecting the vision and mission of the organization in the final design.
For the project, Cleveland Clinic partnered with Mubadala Healthcare to develop and manage a 360-bed hospital and 250-exam room clinic, with goal of providing the latest in leading edge medical technology and facilities. “Working closely with the Cleveland Clinic, Mubadala Healthcare and the architect, HDR, from the inception of the project, we have been able to provide planning insights and advice regarding financially justified, and clinically balanced, technology solutions,” says Bob Nimon, Genesis Planning’s managing director. “Additionally, our early and on-going involvement has had a direct impact on the facility’s configuration of clinical spaces, room layouts and departmental contents of what will be the most technologically advance facility in the region.”
Located on Al Sowah Island adjacent to Al Reem Island and scheduled to open in late 2012, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will set a new benchmark in medical facilities around the world with its ‘7 Star’ service and quality. Like its counterpart in the United States, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will be a physician-led medical facility, served by Western-trained, North American board-certified (or equivalent) physicians. As an extension of the Cleveland Clinic model, the hospital will provide a spectrum of specialty services including vanguard tertiary medical services through a comprehensive range of specialties and subspecialties to cater to the healthcare needs of Abu Dhabi and the region.
“We join Genesis Planning in congratulating the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi,” WHR President and Chairman David Watkins, FAIA comments. “In keeping with their reputation for providing the state-of-the art healthcare services, the Cleveland Clinic has taken a progressive approach to design, integrating architecture and technology planning to create a best-of-class facility.”
Among Genesis Planning’s recent and current projects: The Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, The Methodist West Houston Hospital, and the soon-to-open The Methodist Hospital Outpatient Center, all in Houston, Texas and Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.
About Genesis Planning
Genesis Planning, a wholly owned subsidiary of WHR Architects, has provided medical technology planning expertise for twenty years to a broad range of clients on a national and international basis ranging from physician groups to multi-organizational healthcare systems. Their clientele and experience includes over 300 healthcare organizations in 40 states in the U.S. and 17 countries throughout Central and South America, the Middle East and Europe. www.genesis-planning.com
About WHR Architects, Inc.
WHR Architects is a full service architecture, interior design and technology planning firm. The firm’s commitment to critical thinking is balanced by an ingrained empathy that results in both improved project outcomes and positive working experiences for their clients. With over 160 people located in Houston and Dallas, the 30-year-old firm is working on projects throughout the US for top–tier public and private education and medical institutions. WHR was named the 2008 AIA Houston Firm of the Year. For more information visit www.whrarchitects.com
Key Facts and Figures
• 360-Bed Inpatient Hospital
• 324-Exam Room Clinic
• Includes Public & Retail Space
• 3000 parking spaces, below grade
• Central Utilities Plant
• Total Site Area = 93,566 m2 (23.1 acres) Hospital and Clinic
• Total Gross Area (excluding parking) = 252,503 m2 (2,717,946 ft2)
• Project Total Gross Area (as of January 2008) = 473,122 m2 (5,092,646 ft2)
Project Team
• Owner – Mubadala
Developer – ALDAR
• Operator – Cleveland Clinic
• Project Management Consultant – Fluor Mideast Limited (Fluor)
Designer – Henningson, Durham & Richardson (HDR)
• Medical Equipment/Technology Planner - Genesis
