Naval Hospital Guam

The new Naval Hospital is designed with today’s emphasis on patient and family care. The design met the challenge of Guam’s extreme environment – tropical humidity, corrosive coastal atmosphere, very high seismicity, and typhoon-force winds (170 mph). High-volume clinics and ancillary services are off of the central waiting area on the first floor and lower-volume clinics and matching in-patient functions are off the central waiting area on the second floor. The major exterior entrances: main entrance, emergency outpatient entrance, trauma entrance, and the service dock for logistics and food service are all separated and located on different sides of the building, which allows the site to be organized to lessen site circulation conflicts. The hospital levels are organized with a north-south atrium space bisecting the floors. On the east side of the atrium are outpatient clinics on both levels. On the west side of the first floor are the hospital ancillary functions including pharmacy, pathology, radiology, physical therapy and emergency services and one clinic function, the orthopedic/podiatry clinic. Sustainable design strategies, including a rainwater capture system, high-albedo roof materials, and native vegetation, were carefully incorporated into the facility’s design in order to achieve a LEED® Silver rating through the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Building Rating System.

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