One Community Health Hood River

A design that integrates care, compassion, and community

One Community Health (OCH) Hood River is an integrated health facility focusing on whole-person team-based care. SEA and the project team reimagined and replaced the existing building on site with a new award-winning facility that allows OCH to better serve the community. OCH provides medical, dental, primary, and behavioral health care, and now has the much-needed functional space to administer each service. OCH also performs public outreach and provides educational services to advance its mission of health and social justice for all members of its community. To be able to continue and grow these programs, an expansive design considering all elements was vital.

Client
One Community Health

Location
Hood River, OR

Size
35,500 sf

Year
2020

Achievements
2021 IIDA Award

The interior is maximized using zones for gathering or waiting. When visitors enter the building, they are greeted by a welcoming seating area and powered booth seating for technology. Technology is also implemented at the ‘Learning Bar,’ a zone on the first floor encouraging patients to access OCH’s health education materials. Trauma-informed design influences the layout of the public-facing spaces. A variety of seating options are offered to accomplish OCH’s desire to have “non-waiting” waiting rooms, including strategic quiet zones like a nook under the stairs.

Make it stand out

Our design centers on staff and patient experience by maximizing natural light and using welcoming materials like biophilic artwork and wall hangings. Clear, identifiable wayfinding guides people from zone to zone, and the modernized lobbies and medical spaces enable providers to give the best care to their patients.

Patients can comfortably maintain distance in the bright and open waiting spaces.

OCH requested children-focused zones in the lobbies. Playful built-ins engage the users in these areas, and with the vibrant culture and youthful audience in mind, branding is inserted throughout all spaces using modern graphics and critical wayfinding signage. The result is a modern and inviting atmosphere that pushes the boundaries of a typical sterile medical aesthetic.

Cedar-wrapped canopies and handsome brick-clad exteriors contextualize OCH within the existing Hood River landscape.

All materials selected are inspired by the local landscape. From the water of the Gorge, basalt-like entrance tile, dark and light wood elements, and photography from the surrounding region. Interiors are reminiscent of the forest. The design uses splashes of color, textures, and a mix of furniture to break up the space.

OCH set out to build a new facility that would serve as more than just a medical building. The goals were ambitious, but the need for a comprehensive healthcare facility to deliver essential services to Hood River and the surrounding areas was high.

One Community Health: A new facility that reflects their level of service

Now complete, the facility creates a palpable sense of excitement for staff and patients alike – the warm, forward-thinking spaces achieve OCH’s mission to create a facility able to advance health and social justice for all members of the community. The attention paid to detailing and the thoughtful programmatic planning provide all the required dense programmatic spaces in this 36,000 square foot building while still being transparent, bright, and welcoming.

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