New Buildings
In December 2010, the hospital moved into three new buildings designed to create community and provide choices for living. The new complex was designed by Anshen & Allen architects, now part of Stantec Architecture, with input on evidence-based design from the Center for Health Design. They were built by Turner Construction Co.
The central building, the Pavilion, is site of the Rehabilitation Center and acute care services. It serves 60 people receiving acute or rehabilitative care. Two residences house 720 people in neighborhoods of 60 people each. Each neighborhood is made up of four 15-person households. Every household has its own living room and dining room. Each neighborhood is a specialized nursing program:
- Memory Care, for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias;
- Enhanced Support, for people living with the effects of stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis or other other complex or chronic conditions;
- Integrated Wellness, for people with behavioral support needs;
- Positive Care, for people with HIV/AIDS;
- Chinese and Spanish Language Communities, for monolingual speakers.
Neighborhoods are organized around a central Great Room where daily activities take place.
Most residents live in suites of two or three single rooms with a shared bathroom. Some share a room with one or two other people. There are also single rooms with private baths. Every room has operable windows overlooking the 62-acre (250,000 m2) campus.
The buildings open onto a central park offering a variety of opportunities to take advantage of the healing effects of nature: an animal therapy center, an orchard, raised planting beds for vegetables and flowers, walkways for strolling or rolling, and a meadow named for the late philanthropist Betty Sutro, a longtime benefactor of the hospital.
Secured therapeutic gardens provide a safe environment for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias to enjoy the outdoors.
The heart of the new buildings is the Esplanade, a broad indoor boulevard modeled after the main street of a small town. Along the Esplanade are a variety of places for residetns, families, staff and visitors to meet and greet one another, a community meeting center and theatre, an art studio, a multi-media library with a fireplace, barber and beauty shops, and a cafeteria with indoor and outdoor seating.
Laguna Honda was built to stringent environmental specifications, and is the first LEED-certified hospital in California.
Laguna Honda's 1920's-era Spanish Revival building has been preserved for use as administrative offices for the San Francisco Department of Public Health and other community-based healthcare organizations.
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