Dignity Health-Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Category: 2022 Healthcare
Gold Winner Unique Installation
Architect: HGA Architects
Starnet Member:
B. T. Mancini Co., Inc.
Starnet Preferred Vendors:
Johnsonite By Tarkett, Uzin Utz North America, Inc.
Project Strategy
The Robert S. and Star Pepper Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael is specially designed to care for babies born prematurely or with serious medical conditions. One of the challenges of the project was designing patient rooms with enough space not only for infants and parents but also for an unusually large amount of medical equipment. The facility has 16 single-patient rooms and eight pods with beds for three patients.
Another goal of the project was to make the facility a comfortable place for parents, relatives, and hospital staff. The neonatal ICU has a "nature-inspired design," with pictures of leaves and flower petals on the ceiling and floors that evoke taking a walk on a nature trail, with leaves and the wind blowing.
