Martha Jefferson Hospital - Outpatient Care Center
Delivering clinical excellence in a personal way
Charlottesville, Virginia
As the first building on their new hospital campus, Martha Jefferson Hospital knew they had a unique opportunity to create a new outpatient care experience for their patients that would set the tone for years to come. The vision for this new facility was to deliver both clinical excellence and the optimal health care experience in a holistic and personalized way. The collaborative design approach reflected this vision by integrating the patients, family, physicians, staff, and community in the design.
As the interior designer and experience designer for this first building on the new Martha Jefferson Hospital campus, Kahler Slater assisted leadership to define a brand for their new campus. Inviting, comfortable, colorful and joyful were words selected during an Image Survey™ exercise to describe their goals for the interior design. Design features include slate walls and hand crafted leaf tiles themed exclusively for this client. Decoratively painted barrel vaulted ceilings and interior nature themes connect to the beautiful long views of the site, intimate gardens and a gathering terrace with a fountain.
The facility includes a medical imaging diagnostics, urgent care, a same-day surgery, women’s midlife and rehabilitation services, private physicians’ offices, café and meeting rooms. The $27 million, 97,000 square foot Outpatient Care Center achieves a health care experience that is truly differentiating in Martha Jefferson Hospital’s marketplace.