Veterans Affairs Replacement Medical Center

EskewDumezRipple, as a joint venture partner with NBBJ and Rozas Ward, designed the $995M VA Replacement Medical Center in the newly expanded Medical District of New Orleans

LOCATION

NEW ORLEANS, LA

SIZE

90,000 SF

YEAR OF COMPLETION

2014

SERVICES

ARCHITECTURE

PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT

TIMOTHY HURSLEY

AWARDS

2015 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, LOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY

Collaborators

NBBJ - JV Partner Rozas Ward - JV Partner Schrenk & Peterson Consulting Engineers - Civil Engineers Korda - Structural Engineer Brad, Rao+ Athanas Consulting Engineers - MEP Engineer Clark Construction - Construction manager

The facility is a 2.4 million square foot comprehensive medical center and includes 220 inpatient beds, an ambulatory outpatient clinic, mental health outpatient treatment facilities, an emergency department, research laboratories, and structured parking.

With respect to the richly historic New Orleans community, the new facility will include the adaptive re-use of existing structures such as the Pan American Life building and the Dixie Brewery, with EskewDumezRipple as the lead design team member for both. Additionally, EskewDumezRipple is the design lead for the Central Energy Plant that will house the main power and backup power for the entire campus. Designed to achieve a LEED Silver certification, the campus includes ambitious energy conservation goals.