拉斐尔·维尼奥利建筑师自豪地宣布，芝加哥医科大学10层，120万平方英尺的护理和发现中心将于2013年2月开业。作为一个建筑和技术之旅，护理和发现中心(Ccd)利用设计来促进医生、研究人员、临床医生和工作人员之间的协作和互动，以继续世界一流的科学和医学，同时将病人置于护理的中心。

Rafael Viñoly Architects is proud to announce that the 10-story, 1.2 million-square-foot Center for Care and Discovery at the University of Chicago Medicine will open in February 2013. An architectural and technological tour de force, the Center for Care and Discovery (CCD) uses design to foster collaboration and interaction among doctors, researchers, clinicians and staff to continue world-class science and medicine while putting the patient at the center of care.

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“这是一种面向未来的设计，能够快速整合先进护理的新技术，使患者和家人都能留在中心，”芝加哥大学(University Of Chicago Medicine)外科主任兼外科系主任杰弗里·B·马修斯(Jeffrey B.Matthews)说。

"It is a design for the future that allows rapid integration of new technologies for advanced care in a way that maintains the patient and family at the center," said Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, surgeon-in-chief and chairman of the Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine.

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加农设计公司担任该项目的顾问建筑师/医疗设施规划师，并与附属工程师公司合作。和Primera工程师有限公司担任ASMEP/FP工程师；Thornton Tomasetti担任结构工程师。

Cannon Design served as Consulting Architect/Medical Facilities Planner on the project, with  Affiliated Engineers, Inc. and Primera Engineers, Ltd., serving asMEP/FP engineers; and Thornton Tomasetti serving as the structural engineer.

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当芝加哥大学医学院(当时的芝加哥大学医院)发出一份新医院的建议书时，目的是扩大现有的设施。然而，在初步设计讨论过程中，拉斐尔·维尼奥利建筑师成功地提出，医疗中心将该项目视为满足该机构长期需要的建设机会。

When the University of Chicago Medicine (then the University of Chicago Hospitals) issued a Request for Proposal for a new hospital, the aim was to expand an existing facility. Over the course of the preliminary design discussions, however, Rafael Viñoly Architects successfully proposed that the medical center view the project as an opportunity for construction that would meet the institution’s long-term needs.

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由此产生的建筑不仅占用了给定的地点，而且桥梁横跨马里兰大道到一个地点的西部。这种联系促进了医院实现最大效率的目标，因为它使不同的功能彼此相连，并减少了工作人员在楼层之间旅行的需要。该大楼的设计是为了适应不断变化的医疗技术和做法；特别是，与坎农设计公司合作开发的18英尺(5.5米)地面到地面高度和31.5×31.5英尺(9.6×9.6米)的结构方形网格，为重新配置部门和升级设备提供了极大的灵活性。

The resulting building occupies not only the given site but also bridges across Maryland Avenue to a site to the west. This connection advances the hospital’s goal of maximum efficiency because it allows varying functions to be contiguous to one another and reduces the need for staff to travel between floors. The building was designed to accommodate continually changing medical technology and practices; in particular, the 18-foot (5.5-meter) floor-to-floor height and large 31.5-by-31.5-foot (9.6-by-9.6-meter) structural square grid, developed in collaboration with Cannon Design, allows for extraordinary level of flexibility for reconfiguring departments and upgrading equipment.

 Sketch Courtesy of Rafael Vinoly Architects

拉斐尔·维诺利建筑师的示意图

护理和发现中心将把重点放在提供以病人为中心的经验和利用最新的技术创新来改善医疗保健。为了给病人及其家属提供舒适和方便，模块化设计的灵活性也解决了随着手术、成像和治疗技术的进步而发展的重要性。该设计支持为复杂疾病、多器官移植、机器人手术、癌症治疗和胃肠疾病提供高科技护理。

The Center for Care and Discovery will focus both on providing a patient-centered experience and on using the latest technological innovations to improve health care.  Striving to provide comfort and convenience to patients and their families, the flexibility of the modular design also addresses the importance of evolving with advances in surgical, imaging and therapeutic technologies over time.  The design supports the delivery of high-tech care for complex illnesses, multi-organ transplants, robotic surgeries, cancer treatments and gastrointestinal diseases.

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对病人的关注可以在整个中心的多个层次上进行。所有240个私人病房都可以舒适地容纳多个家庭成员。隐私是病人房间的设计优先事项，扩大病人和护士之间的视觉连接也是如此。病人房间和护理站附近的等候区可从主电梯进入。这些家庭等候区和休息室将为病人楼层的访客提供公共空间。

The focus on the patient can be experienced on multiple levels throughout the center.  All 240 private patient rooms can comfortably accommodate multiple family members. Privacy was a design priority in the patient rooms, as was expanding the visual connectivity between patients and nurses.  Waiting areas close to patient rooms and nursing stations are accessible from the main elevators.  These family waiting areas and lounges will provide communal space for visitors on patient floors. 

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七楼的天空前厅设有中央接待处、家庭等候区、礼拜堂、商务中心、自助餐厅、会议中心和其他公共场所。作为医院的心脏，天空大厅有效地提升了传统校园四合院的社交、沉思、户外空间。对于等待了几个小时的家庭来说，天空大厅的宏伟和独特性让游客找到了自己的空间，并定义了他们的等待体验。天空大厅为游客提供了大学、华盛顿公园、密歇根湖和芝加哥市中心天际线的广阔视野。在建筑上，天空前厅也提供了一个重要的视觉突破的垂直质量的建筑物，因为在这一水平的内部空间是从主要的外部外壳凹槽。

The Sky Lobby on the seventh floor houses central reception, family waiting areas, a chapel, a business center, cafeteria, conference center and other public spaces. As the heart of the hospital, this Sky Lobby effectively lifts the social, contemplative, outdoor space of a traditional campus quadrangle into the air. For families waiting for several hours, the grandness and uniqueness of the Sky Lobby allow visitors to find their own space and define their waiting experience. The Sky Lobby provides visitors with expansive views of the university, Washington Park, Lake Michigan, and the downtown Chicago skyline. Architecturally, the Sky Lobby also provides an important visual break in the vertical mass of the building, as the interior spaces on this level are recessed from the main exterior enclosure.

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护理和发现中心的设计还支持地面零售和其他商业功能，这增强了街景，并为路人提供公共设施。

The Center for Care and Discovery’s design also supports retail and other commercial functions at the ground level, which enhances the streetscape and provides public amenities to passersby.