A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Plans are described for a new medical complex, based on cooperative efforts of four Los Angeles hospitals and Blue Cross of Southern California. As proposed, the Medical Center of Los Angeles will be a city within a city. It is to have a daily population of 43,000; 2,200 hospital beds; 800,000-square-foot medical office complex; 250-room hotel; residential quarters for 3,200 nurses and 360 interns; parking for 7,800 cars; medical and nursing schools; research facilities; and a 170,000-square-foot central services complex in addition to existing institutions. The complex, known as 'Med City,' will be located on 500 acres about four miles from downtown Los Angeles; participating institutions as of 1969 are located within a few blocks of each other on the proposed site. The medical center concept is seen as a method for combining the advantages of centralizing certain hospital facilities with the traditional advantages of institutional autonomy; essential to the plan is the determination that participating hospitals will not lose their identities. Financial considerations for the planned project are discussed, as are concept development and proposed design highlights. Architectural renderings and site plans for the proposed complex are provided.
Plans are described for a new medical complex, based on cooperative efforts of four Los Angeles hospitals and Blue Cross of Southern California. As proposed, the Medical Center of Los Angeles will be a city within a city. It is to have a daily population of 43,000; 2,200 hospital beds; 800,000-square-foot medical office complex; 250-room hotel; residential quarters for 3,200 nurses and 360 interns; parking for 7,800 cars; medical and nursing schools; research facilities; and a 170,000-square-foot central services complex in addition to existing institutions. The complex, known as 'Med City,' will be located on 500 acres about four miles from downtown Los Angeles; participating institutions as of 1969 are located within a few blocks of each other on the proposed site. The medical center concept is seen as a method for combining the advantages of centralizing certain hospital facilities with the traditional advantages of institutional autonomy; essential to the plan is the determination that participating hospitals will not lose their identities. Financial considerations for the planned project are discussed, as are concept development and proposed design highlights. Architectural renderings and site plans for the proposed complex are provided.
'Med City' Proposed for Los Angeles
B. H. Southland (author)
1969
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
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