Masonry Magazine July 1971 Page. 11
A difficult aspect of the design program was to solve the patient observation system, requiring separation of patient and staff circulation to the many different areas. This was solved by a mezzanine spine looking down into the larger areas.
Child Development & Rehabilitation Center
Portland, Oregon
Architects: Campbell-Yost & Partners
Structural Engineers: Keith Krucheck, Inc.
Consulting Engineer: R. R. Bradshaw
General Contractor: Todd Building Company
The site selected for this Center at the Medical School, is ideally located on a high hill, overlooking the City of Portland, in a beautifully wooded area of fir trees.
The sloping face brick bearing walls match the sloping hillsides to create an enclosed and "sheltering" volume of spaces allowing a maximum penetration of friendly light into the many brick partitioned rooms and staff circulation spine.
The Center cost $3.7 million, of which the Public Health Service has contributed 75% and the State of Oregon 25%. Cost per square foot including equipment and furnishing came to $25.80. This amazing low cost was made possible, the architects say, thru orientation of the buildings to the north and south, greatly reducing the cooling and heating load, thru the use of brick bearing walls and poured pan joists.
The face brick bearing walls relate to the warm brick tones on many of the existing Medical School Buildings giving a residential connotation, and provide excellent acoustical separation between large group areas.