CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center Breaks Ground for Expansion Project

HOUSTON, Texas – WHR Architects, CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and representatives from the community, including Mayor Javier Gonzales, recently celebrated the commencement of construction on the $44-million expansion on the hospital’s main campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fittingly the day was also Florence Nightingale’s birthday and part of National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week.

The design of new facility, which will create a new front door to the existing hospital with a cantilevered entry canopy, reflects its high desert context with a Santa Fe palette and the use of stucco and stone.

The project includes 63,000 square feet of new construction: 36 medical/surgical beds on two floors of a new nursing unit; a two-story lobby with ancillary spaces and connections to the existing nursing units and outpatient lobby. The new wing is designed with structural systems to support an additional two stories to accommodate future needs.

In addition, the project scope includes the conversion of all adult patient rooms from semi-private to private in the four existing nursing units, which will be upgraded to match the interior finishes in the new building. The project is scheduled for completion in 2018.