Nebraska Medicine Primary Care Clinics
Nebraska Medicine Primary Care Clinics
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5 locations across Nebraska
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Boldt Company
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Site adapt prototype for Nebraska Medicine’s current method of providing community healthcare services
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The clinic uses the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) concept, a layout based on a loop of exam rooms that wrap around a central core for staff, including providers, specialists, nurses and support staff.
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Architecture
Civil and Structural Engineering Interior Design
From the onset, the Nebraska Primary Care Clinic was designed as a site adapt prototype for Nebraska Medicine’s current method of providing community healthcare services within a standalone building. As a testament to the overall designs and layouts, five of these clinics have been completed. The clinic uses the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) concept, a layout based on a loop of exam rooms that wrap around a central core for staff, including providers, specialists, nurses and support staff. The exam room has a separate door for patients to enter and a separate door on the opposite side for the provider to enter directly off the internal work zone. This achieves a separation of patient and staff flow throughout the building while at the same time minimizing steps for both.
A double high space with clerestory windows provides natural daylighting into the staff working area. An architectural shell incorporates a modern use of traditional materials, including brick, glass curtainwall, precast concrete and metal panel. Further blurring the line between outdoor and indoor environments, the exterior precast is brought into the building as a subtle interior finish while the natural wood ceiling of the lobby and reception space becomes a wood soffit on the exterior.
The team also introduced several design elements to connect the strong branding of Nebraska Medicine to the interior environment. Strategically placed color highlights Nebraska Medicine “red” to draw attention to intentionally exposed steel columns and cross bracing. Mechanical and electrical components are carefully organized and painted white to avoid visual clutter while linear lighting pendants are layered at varying heights in the lobby area and repeated again in the central staff core.
