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KAISER
PERMANENTE HARBOR/MACARTHUR
MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
The Kaiser Permanente Harbor MacArthur Medical Office Building, located in Santa Ana, California, is a new 80,000 square foot facility built to expand Kaiser Permanente's medical services to their rapidly growing membership. The building, designed by Taylor & Associates Architects, in Newport Beach, California, was planned and constructed in three phases. Phases one and two were completed in late 2001, and are currently open and servicing patients. Phase three is the final phase of the project and is currently under construction and scheduled for an accelerated completion date in January 2003.
The first two phases consist of a two-story, 48,000 square foot building. The facility accommodates room for family practice, obstetrics/gynecology, neurology, physical therapy, pharmacy and an imaging center, which features state of the art MRIs, CT scans, ultrasound, radiology, fluoroscopy and mammography services. Ancillary spaces also include an expansive open lobby, centralized reception area, administrative offices, staff lounge, conference rooms, member services and various other support functions. The third phase is a three-story, 32,000 square foot facility, which will provide additional family practice services, orthopedics, occupational medicine, acute care services, lab and blood draw, and vision services, which includes an optical dispensing department.
The building was designed with a contemporary facade that pays homage to early craftsman-style architecture, which was prevalent in California more than a century ago. The building's large form is broken into smaller, more human-scale forms, by juxtaposing its major masses and creating varied roof heights. The exterior is clad in simple materials such as concrete masonry veneer and plaster to emulate the craftsman lines of textured bases and upper walls. Colors are warm tones of gray, cream, rust and brown.
The basic structure was steel framing with concrete masonry veneer over metal studs, creating the feel of a solid, durable building with aesthetic appeal and low maintenance. Masonry was selected for this project as a means of providing the desired architectural details, features, colors and textures. More than a dozen variations of masonry were utilized, including precision and split-face units in two colors and various sizes.
ARCHITECT:
Taylor
& Associates Architects
2220 North University Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-3319
Michael
McLane, AIA
Principal
OWNER:
Kaiser Permanente
