John Peter Smith Hospital

John Peter Smith hospital (JPS) in Fort Worth, TX. This hospital is five-story, 234,000 square foot building. Opened in June 2008. This hospital deals with surgical care, telemetry, critical care, medical care and emergency patients. The goal of the hospitals design is to create a patient-friendly environment.

“The design team was challenged by JPS Health Network staff to create a campus image that is bold and unique while evoking an inspiring and comforting atmosphere for patients and staff, the response had to respect the existing campus materials and colors while creating a progressive image for the public hospital.” – Jeff Stouffer (principal designer with HKS Architects)

Patients rooms do not fell like a hospital rooms. The designers wanted to make a patient feel as if they were as home. Instead of using white wall with blue colors these rooms have wood vinyl and darker colors as would a house would have.

“Each patient room offers overnight stay and family amenities—including wireless capabilities—which create a home-like atmosphere, the warm wood laminates, wood-look vinyl flooring and cream solid surfacing materials used are easily cleanable, yet provide a hospitality appearance.” -Sandra Miller, senior interior designer with HKS

The new room design, in the hospital, allows charting stations to be next to a patients room so staff members can be close to the patient while doing paperwork. The design increases work flow and it minimises clutter and cuts down on travel time between rooms.

Patient rooms are divided into three different areas: patient, family and staff. Each area helps to improve patient care by minimizing disorder and stress and increasing comfort and relaxation.

The interior design and architecture company that was used to design the JPS hospital in Fort Worth, Texas was HKS Inc.
The design team for HKS:

• Sandra Miller, IIDA, senior interior designer

• Becky Leach, IIDA, interior designer

• Becca Hall, furniture specialist

• Mary Wysong, furniture specialist

The JPS hospital used many different materials in their design.

Stone tile for floor from Daltile and also Tile of Spain

Name: Golden Garnet G254

Type:Granite

Origin: China

Shade Variation: Low (V1)
Tile Thickness: 3/8"
Recommended Grout Width: 1/16"

On the doors the designers used plastic laminates (HPDL) from Wilsonart

Name: Asian Sun 7951
Product: Laminate
Description: vertical grain bamboo, gold and brown with sienna, dark brown graining

8 in. x 10 in. Linearity 18

The countertop product is from DuPont

Name: Zodiaq® Licorice
3/4" (2cm) Slab

Weight: 10 lb/ ft 2
Width 52" (1.3m) x 118" (3m)

A mixed stream of 25% post consumer recycled glass combined

For the ceilings the designer used acoustical panel from Armstrong

Name: Fine Fissured Ceramaguard 607

Size: 24 x 24 x 5/8 in.

Color: white

Medium texture

Resilient sheets from Mannington Flooring was used for flooring

 

Name: American Rustic Maple

Size: 5" width, 3/8" and 3/4" thickness

Matte finish and a mirco-beveled edge

Interface carpet

Name: Miramar Colores/ Mesa

Collection: Cartera

Style: 14614

Color: 101237

Carpet type: Tile

Standard Size: 50 cm x 50 cm (19.69 in x 19.69 in)

Wall coverings from Len-Tex

Color: Viscaya/ Lion

Type: Poly Cotton Osnaburg

Windows drapery is roller shades by MechoShade

Classic Mecho/ 5 roller-shade system

Eureka Lighting  

Name: Fasil

41.65" height x 3.94" width

Cylindrical design

Clear with frost

Lighting from Louis Poulsen

Name: PH Louvre

Finish: White, wet painted

13 shades on 4 legs

Spiral 360-degree glare free illumination

The design concept was to create a comforting environment to help reduce stress for patients and family members.