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Engaging the City of Chicago

in Designing a Children’s Hospital

Bruce K. Komiske, MHA, FACHE

Chief, New Hospital Design & Construction

Lisa Mulvaney, M.Ed, CCLS

Coordinator, New Hospital Creative Arts Program

• Opening June 9th 2012

• World’s tallest children’s hospital

• 6 weeks ahead of schedule

• $60M under budget

The Team

• ZGF

• SCB

• Anderson Mikos

• AEI

• RISE Group

• Mortenson/Power

Learning Objectives

• How to create a unique, healing environment by engaging the community

• How to manage a complicated series of relationships with external organizations

• How to create this unique environment with a minimum of capital

Content Slides

“Make no small plans

for they have no magic

to stir men’s blood” Daniel Burnham 1909

What Makes Chicago Distinctive

Engaging the Community

Importance of Art in Healthcare

• “Arts in the healthcare experience has a positive impact on patient health outcomes…aiding in their physical, mental and emotional recovery, including relieving anxiety and decreasing the perception of pain.”

• “Research shows that the arts can reduce patients' use of pain

medication and length of stay in the hospital..”

• “The physical environment has a significant impact on reducing patient and caregiver stress; improving health outcomes; enhancing patient safety and overall quality of care; and reducing

costs” State of the Field Report, 2009, Arts in Healthcare

Creative Arts Program Vision

Create an environment that is warm, welcoming, engaging, and calming; communicates hope, healing and humor; and also allows for fear and sadness. Develop environments in a collaborative process with community partners, that support the theme of Exploration and the concept of What Makes Chicago Distinctive. Create this program through philanthropic and community support Set new design standards for healing environments in healthcare facilities around the world.

Community Partners

Pritzker Foundation Lobby

Community Partnerships

• 21 museums and cultural institutions partnering to

create incredible environments in Lurie Children’s

• Each Community Partner paired with a space or

floor

• Asking each CP to bring what they do best to

benefit our patients, families and staff.

Community Partner

Proposal Process

• Each partner was given guidelines and outline of

spaces and opportunities.

• Partners toured CMH and specific area they are

designing

• Brainstorming session held with each partner

included clinical staff from area they are designing

Community Partnership Proposal

Review Process

Concept proposals reviewed by several

different groups so concepts are looked at

from many different perspectives

Proposal Review Process

• Creative Arts Steering Committee

• Creative Arts Committee

• FAB and KAB

• Design team and construction team

• Hospital Leadership Team

• Creative Arts Advisory Council

Shedd Aquarium

Joffrey Ballet

National Museum of Mexican Art

Chicago Cultural Alliance

Chicago Botanic Garden

Adler Planetarium

Chicago History Museum


Kids Views of Chicago

Redmoon Theater

• 10 artists

• 100 originals pieces of artwork

draw upon a

• NEA recipient for Visual Arts

Redmoon Theater

The tale of unusual birds who go on a great journey

to discover their unlimited bravery.

Redmoon Theater

Photos by Larry Broutman

Financial Implications

• Community Partners provided talent, creativity,

images, and objects

• Hospital provided very modest art budget

• Overall concept enhanced excitement in the project

• More than 20 new “Naming Opportunities” created

• Optimally at completion of the program –

Zero Cost to the Project

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