Project Team Selected for Transformative Mayo Clinic Multiyear Initiative

Foster + Partners, CannonDesign and Gilbane Building Company have been selected as the project team to collaborate with Mayo Clinic to realize a revolutionary new vision for healthcare.

The project — referred to as Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester — is a multiyear strategic initiative. Plans call for reimagining the Mayo Clinic’s Rochester, Minnesota campus and will introduce new facilities that combine innovative care concepts and digital technologies to transform the patient experience, advance more cures and improve outcomes.

A large part of the project encompasses two new clinical buildings at the center of the downtown campus of Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Located on the sites of the current Ozmun complex and Damon Ramp, two nine-story buildings will reach a height of 221 feet, with the potential to expand to 420 feet over time. The design creates a new central point of arrival, with the north and south drop-offs converging at a unified main entrance. This level extends the existing Gonda Lobby into the new facilities, simplifying wayfinding and creating a welcoming environment from the moment of arrival.

Unique architectural elements and spaces will support hope and healing through nature, sunlight and connection.

Care environments will be served behind the scenes by highly flexible technological infrastructure containing mechanical, data and robotic delivery systems that support pioneering treatments while allowing prioritization of human connections. The seamless integration of digital capabilities blurs traditional distinctions between inpatient, outpatient, and virtual care to support patients throughout their healthcare journey.

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