WHAT WE DID
The new pediatric hospital at Stanford Health adds 521,000 sf, features two connected five-story towers on a three-story podium and 200,000 sf of underground parking.
The new pediatric hospital at Stanford Health adds 521,000 sf, features two connected five-story towers on a three-story podium. Its “Z” shape allows space for gardens and provides every room a view of nature. The irregularity of the building’s plan and elevation, and its location in a high seismicity area, required extraordinary analysis and design solutions. Steel moment frames along the towers’ exterior grids maintain unobstructed patient room views of the of healing gardens and green space.
Several of the building skin elements and the wind turbine are the first of their kind to be approved for hospital use in the state. The approval paved the way for incorporation of Structural Silicone Glazing (SSG) requirements in the 2013 California Building Code. The pioneering design resulted in the first LEED Platinum children’s hospital in California.
Features:
- First LEED Platinum Children’s Hospital in California
- 200,000 sf of underground parking
- More than 3.5 acres of gardens and green space
- Several of the building skin elements and the wind turbine are the first of their kind to be approved for hospital use in the state
Staff on the Project
Alvaro Celestino
Principal
I went into structural engineering because buildings are my passion.
Anuj Bansal
Group Director, Regional Practice Area Leader, Senior Principal
I had a life dream of being a cricket star before settling on the exciting life of an engineer in California.
Matthew Barnard
Office Director, Regional Practice Area Leader, Senior Principal
My longest walk to date is almost 250 miles long. If you have never taken a walk in the woods on the John Muir Trail, do it. it is an experience that will change your life.
Sal Hernandez
Sr. BIM / CAD Specialist
If time and money weren’t an issue, I would want to travel the world and explore different cultures and their culinary cuisine.
Adam Hugo-Holman
Principal
I lived in Plzen, Czechoslovakia as a kid for a year while my parents started an English speaking school.
Kamalpreet Singh Kalsi
Associate
Riding on my motorcycle is my favorite way to get to work.
Jeff Roi
Principal
Jeff has worked at Degenkolb for more than 10 years.
David Sommer
Associate Principal
I am a professional musician and I play piano at church, weddings, funerals, and special events.
Wayne Low
Regional Practice Area Leader, Senior Principal
My co-workers make fun of my infectious laugh, which can be heard three or even four cubicles away.
Erica Hays
Principal
I wanted to be an artist until I was 16, and then I switched my focus to structural engineering after I took High School Physics.
Kyle Steuck
Principal
I got to ride my bike alongside Robin Williams for a short stretch.
Lucie Fougner
Office Director, Principal
When I was little I wanted to be an artist when I grew up.
Laura Basualdo
Associate Principal
I used to be a soccer referee.
Insung Kim
Director of Engineering Technology, Principal
I was one of the documentary photographers recording the life of migrant workers in South Korea.
Dave Miller
Associate
I spent 3 weeks in Russia as a high school exchange student in February of 1995.
Peter Maloney
Associate Principal
I had the opportunity to live in a van and travel around New Zealand for 4 months!
Daniel Zepeda
Office Director, Senior Principal, Working Group Leader
Daniel has worked at Degenkolb close to 20 years.
Justin Tan
Associate
Project Engineer in Los Angeles.
Travis Chrupalo
Project Engineer
Design engineer in the Oakland office.
Jay Love
Senior Principal
I spent time as a child in Turkey and am a theater fan.
Jorn Halle
Chief Client Officer, Practice Area Leader
I had an ‘aha’ moment in a second year mechanics of materials class taught by Mr. Robert Craig in the Civil Engineering Department at Cal Poly.
Michael Leung
Associate
Design engineer in the Los Angeles office.
