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children's butterfly house hospital
Children’s Butterfly House (CBH) is an organization that houses family members of sick children who are inpatients at any local hospital. A recent study showed that there are a total of 39 million hospital stays in the U.S. year round and 18% of this number accounts for children under the age of 18. With this being said, CBH has recently partnered with a local San Francisco Hospital to create The Children’s Butterfly House Hospital. A facilty that will house patient’s family members in a hotel located in the same building as their children’s Hospital.
WHAT
Senior Thesis Concept Project
WHERE
Kean University
WHEN
December 2019
CBH was founded as an organization in 2018 by Lisa Smith. Smith
created this organization from her personal life-experience. Smith’s youngest child was very ill, causing her to have to travel around the U.S. to some of the best doctors. Along with having to worry about her child, she also had to plan out these trips to ensure that her and her family had somewhere to stay. Her family quickly ranked up hotel and travel expenses and decided that it was too much on their family for everyone to travel. Having to make this decsion was hard on their family as it meant that they would not be able to be with their child at a time that he or she needed them the most. With this being said, Smith took positive light from this horrible situation and created this organization to help other families that may be in the same situation. CBH makes it so family
members can be all together in one building, and only a step away from their child while providing their family with a place to stay that feels like home.
Parti- Diagram
Design Concept: Yellow Butterfly
symbolizes sunny and bright futures a head
sign of guidance and hope
Site Analysis
2599 El Camino del Mar, San Francisco, CA 94121
Located in San Francisco, The Children’s Butterfly House Hospital becomes secluded from the city life of San Francisco and is surrounded by breathtaking views all around. The building showcases floor to ceiling windows around the whole building, promising beautiful views to every guest. Being located only 30 minutes from San Francisco International Airport, this location is ideal for new patients and family members who are traveling from far locations.
The yellow Dog-face Butterfly is California’s state butterfly. Special and rare, just like our children- this beautiful butterfly is found only in California and resides in Northern California. By having Children’s Butterfly House Hospital located in San Francisco CA. , children and families are surrounded by California’s local nature.
The back of the building will face the scenic foliage of trees in nature. While the front of the building faces the Gulf with breathtaking views of the amazing Golden Gate Bridge. This will give patients and families a chance to step away from reality and take in the beautiful scenic area.
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As San Francisco is well known for its strong
earthquakes, Earthquake Resistant Glass, also known as Seismic Glass will be used throughout the building where glass is specified.
All building materials will be sourced locally within the state of California. San Francisco is known to be the Greenest City in the US and has become known as a “smart city”. Smart Cities are known to use technology to be more efficient in the use of resources, resulting in cost and energy savings. The idea of a Smart City Leadership will follow throughout our building ,essentially creating benefits for the environment all around. Man-made features on site will include, fence around property, parking lot, outdoor patio etc. This specific location already has a large enough parking lot and will be available to patients and doctors.
Schematic Design
Bubble Diagrams
Preliminary Floor Plan
Demo Floor Plan
First Level Floor Plan
Second Level Floor Plan
First Level RCP
Second Level RCP
Atrium
This space connects both the Hospital to the family Hotel.
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A large tree structure is placed in the middle of the atrium to attract playful children of all ages.
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Cafeteria and Healing Garden are also located within this space.
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Cafeteria
At Children's Butterfly House Hospital, we encourage a healthy living style by promoting healthy food of all types.
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Open 24 hours- 7 days a week to accommodate family members at all times of the day.
Cocoon seating is available for reflection in a public setting. Open concept allows for socialization.
Healing Garden
Just like butterflies, our guests need a place to go to feel safe. In the Butterfly House Healing Garden, every guest may have their own private cocoon. This gives them a safe place to step away from reality and gather themselves and their emotions.
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Family Reflection Area
Reflection Cocoons for family members to have a space to gather together.
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Cocoons have a sliding door to make space private for intimate conversations.
Daycare and Children Reflection Area
Supervised daycare for children of all ages.
Siblings of children who are ill, also need a place to reflect and gather themselves. They are strongly encouraged to make use of the children's cocoons located within the daycare.
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Guest Rooms
All guest rooms at Children's Butterfly House are handicapped accessible.
Suites are available and include a two bedroom option for long stays that can accommodate up to 6 family members.
All rooms include the following: kitchenette, ADA restroom, desk, storage and lounge seating.
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Finish Boards