Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice
A healthcare architecture precedent featuring clean metal paneling, large vertical circulation towers, and ribbon glazing designed for a suburban campus setting by Flad Architects.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent blue corporate lettering atop the vertical circulation tower acts as a clear campus waypoint.
Materials
- metal-composite-panels
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- metal-composite-panels
- curtain-wall
- ribbon-windows
- vertical-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- institutional
- functionalist
Visual tags
- healthcare
- institutional
- facade-articulation
- metal-panel
- suburban-campus
- Geometry
- An articulated multi-story massing with projecting vertical elevator towers, horizontal ribbon windows, and recessed glazed curtain wall zones.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal composite panel rainscreen with structural glass curtain walls and ribbon punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite metal deck slabs and lateral bracing cores.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional healthcare facility scaled down at the ground level through paved paths and entry portals.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sun casting warm gold highlights onto the eastern facade, with clear blue sky background.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and clinical yet softened by warm afternoon light and native landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Suburban greenfield campus setting with clear sky, low palm trees, and adjacent paved circulation roads.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across manicured lawns and concrete paths, the monumental hospital entrance is softened by low palm landscaping and human-scaled walkways.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating vertical tower solids and horizontal window bands creating an ordered institutional rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- Hospital and healthcare facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- metal-composite-panels, glass, aluminum, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- metal-composite-panels, curtain-wall, ribbon-windows, vertical-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, institutional, functionalist
- Visual tags
- healthcare, institutional, facade-articulation, metal-panel, suburban-campus
- Geometry
- An articulated multi-story massing with projecting vertical elevator towers, horizontal ribbon windows, and recessed glazed curtain wall zones.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal composite panel rainscreen with structural glass curtain walls and ribbon punched windows.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with composite metal deck slabs and lateral bracing cores.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-story institutional healthcare facility scaled down at the ground level through paved paths and entry portals.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sun casting warm gold highlights onto the eastern facade, with clear blue sky background.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, bright, and clinical yet softened by warm afternoon light and native landscaping.
- Environmental context
- Suburban greenfield campus setting with clear sky, low palm trees, and adjacent paved circulation roads.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across manicured lawns and concrete paths, the monumental hospital entrance is softened by low palm landscaping and human-scaled walkways.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating vertical tower solids and horizontal window bands creating an ordered institutional rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary institutional architecture
- Program
- Hospital and healthcare facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture