After deeming the buildings on its nearly 150-year-old academic medical center beyond renovation, Eskenazi Health negotiated a land swap with Indiana University. Eskenazi traded its outdated facilities for a large parcel of land just west of downtown Indianapolis. This exchange gave Eskenazi the space it needed to build a state-of-the-art, patient-friendly, 1.3-million-sq.-ft. hospital and health campus. Eskenazi’s goals for the new medical center were to promote prevention, health and wellness while providing an uplifting, dignified care experience.
Eskenazi’s respect for the health and wellness of the community is visible in the high quality of its new six-building (plus a parking garage) medical center. The 37-acre campus, which is one of the world’s largest LEED Gold healthcare campuses, includes a 315-bed hospital, 100-bed emergency department, 275-room outpatient center and a faculty office building. In addition to setting a new standard for public hospitals, the architecture of the campus stands alongside that of the city’s libraries and museums and creates a new civic icon.
HOK’s design team was committed to providing patients and their families—as well as Eskenazi’s physicians and medical support staff—with the best possible environments for positive health outcomes.
