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National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center Bethesda, Maryland

Rendering courtesy of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca	Click here for diagram

Total Project: 850,000 gsf

600,000 gsf hospital
250,000 gsf research complex
83,400 nsf lab area
10,700 nsf vivarium
Construction Cost - $333M (est.)
Completion in 2004
EWA is providing Programming, through Construction Services

Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

Indisputably one of the most significant healthcare facilities in the world, NIH has a tradition of quickly moving scientific findings into mainstream medical practice. The design of the new Clinical Research Center (CRC) posed many challenges. The goals were to create a technologically advanced yet humane environment sensitive to both research and patient care, develop a facility with long term flexibility between patient care and research space, and establish clear functional relationships between the old three million square foot Clinical Center and the new CRC.

The CRC project encompasses a replacement 250-bed inpatient hospital, a 100-station day hospital, and relocating select laboratories located in Building 10, the old Clinical Center Building. The laboratories relocated to the new CRC are those most closely involved in clinical trials and protocols. This project represents the first phase in the development of new laboratories for the NIH. Major portions of Building 10 will be vacated with the completion of this new facility allowing for a multi-phased project to renovate the old building.