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BRONZE AWARD
The clinic’s vibrant exterior is reflective
of the staff’s energy for its patients. Colorful
tilt-up concrete construction was
used for its durability and low cost.
DONALD SATTERLEE, SATTERLEE PHOTODESIGN
modern health center
CATERS TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
The CEO of Ravenswood Family
Health Center, Luisa Buada,
wanted to create a medical facility
that would rise to the same
high standards as those provided by the
largest healthcare institutions in Northern
California, while still providing affordable
care for thousands of low-income and
uninsured families in San Mateo and Santa
Clara Counties.
The Building Team, led by Rudolph
and Sletten (GC) and INDE Architecture,
embraced Buada’s vision. The result:
Ravenswood Family Health Center’s
new John & Susan Sobrato Campus, an
expanded community health center in
Palo Alto. After 15 years of operating in
modular buildings, RFHC fi nally has a site
and structure to call its own.
The 38,000-sf, two-level multispecialty
building is intended to meet the needs of
the poorest residents in the community. It
consists of 53 exam rooms, 13 counseling
rooms, conference rooms, active team
areas, offi ces, labs and imaging areas, a
pharmacy, and support spaces. The new
space, which is almost fi ve times the size
of the modular units, allowed RFHC to add
pharmacy, optometry, X-ray, and mammography
screening to its in-house services.
In 2014, RFHC served 13,426 patients.
Thanks to these additions and improvements,
that number is expected to grow to
25,000 within fi ve years.
The clinic is designed to enable one-stop
care and eliminate patient waiting lines,
allowing more patients to be attended to
at once.
CSDA Design created a cost-effective
acoustics solution to maintain patient privacy:
a system of partial-height partitions
and electronic sound masking to manage
speech privacy between exam and
consulting rooms.
A memorial located on the premises is
dedicated to a Native American tribe associated
with archeological remains found
during site excavation.
—David Malone
PROJECT SUMMARY
BRONZE AWARD
Ravenswood Family Health Center – John
and Susan Sobrato Campus
Palo Alto, Calif.
BUILDING TEAM
Submitting firm: Rudolph and Sletten (GC)
Owner: Ravenswood Family Health Center
Architect: INDE Architecture
Structural: Hohbach-Lewin Inc.
MEP: Interface Engineering
Acoustics: CSDA Design
GENERAL INFORMATION
Project size: 38,000 sf
Construction cost: $18.4 million
Construction period: March 2014 to March 2015
Delivery method: Design-bid-build
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