Tour the Center for Care and Discovery
Sky Lobby: 7th Floor
The Sky Lobby features floor-to-ceiling glass walls, filling the space with natural light and providing panoramic views of the campus, Lake Michigan, Washington Park and downtown Chicago. The Sky Lobby houses central reception, family waiting areas, a chapel, the gift shop, dining areas and other public spaces.
Operating Room
Physicians and scientists in the new hospital are equipped with the most advanced diagnostic tools available, providing patients with targeted treatments and exceptional care.
Chapel
Tucked away on the 7th-floor Sky Lobby, the new hospital’s Chapel provides patients and their families with a peaceful space for solace or prayer.
Central Nurse Station
An integral part of our medical team, the new hospital’s nurses circulate from this central station.
A Focus on the Patient — and the Future
At left, a modular cube — or “bay” — that enables the building to adapt to changing structural and patient needs in the coming century. At right, a private inpatient room, representative of our commitment to providing clean, comfortable, safe environments for patients and their families.
The new hospital’s basic design is modular and spacious, essentially a framework of large boxes that will be transformed over time for new technologies and patient care modalities that will come to the forefront over its life span.
At the same time, the building provides a patient-centered environment that enables the best care. The physical plan for the new structure has been fine-tuned to address the psychosocial needs of patients and their families, to promote a healing atmosphere and enhance the effectiveness of advanced medicine.
Floor-by-Floor Plan
1st Floor
- Lobbies
- Retail space
- Inpatient kitchen
2nd Floor
- Pharmacy
- Surgical pathology
- Blood bank
3rd & 4th Floors
- Reserved for future expansion
5th Floor
Integrated diagnostic and interventional platform including cardiac, gastrointestinal, neurological and vascular services
6th Floor
Space for 28 operating rooms with leading-edge technology
7th Floor: Sky Lobby
- General reception and information
- Waiting areas
- Chapel
- Conference center
- Dining area
Care provider and staff support space, including locker facilities, on–call rooms and lounges
8th through 10th Floors
- Patient care units
- 52 Intensive Care Unit beds
- 240 single-occupancy adult inpatient rooms
- 10th floor devoted to cancer care
Penthouse
- Two-level mechanical penthouse
Roof
- “Green” roof
- Heliport
“A hospital has not only the goal but the obligation to be inspirational. When you come as a patient, or with a family member, the experience of the architecture is something that has to give you not only hope but clarity, peace.”
