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Minneapolis Children's Hospital
The project consists of a multi-phased expansion on two adjacent blocks divided by Chicago Avenue and bounded by Columbus Avenue, 25th Street, 10th Avenue, and 26th Street in the City of Minneapolis. On the eastern block an eight-story hospital addition occupies vacated Elliot Avenue connecting the existing hospital the existing parking ramp. Loucks re-routed sanitary sewer and watermain within vacated Elliot Avenue and connected them to mains on the adjacent blocks. The utility relocation involved reconstruction of 25th Street between Chicago and 10th Avenues. The six-story reconstructed hospital lobby exits to a new plaza drop-off area.
On the western block, a new LEED Silver certified medical office building and 700- car parking ramp utilizes a majority of the entire block. A new truck loading dock is located under these new buildings. Loucks designed a new tunnel access under existing Chicago Avenue to connect the existing hospital and truck loading dock. A unified campus feel is created with the new hospital plaza and a new medical office building plaza drop-off. To connect the two new plazas Chicago Avenue is designed for a mid block crossing. The mid-block crossing and existing elevation of the hospital requires a complete reconstruction of the Chicago Avenue between 5th and 26th Streets with grades being raised by three feet. In addition, Loucks is working with the City of Minneapolis to design Chicago Avenue to future urban guidelines for parking, traffic pedestrian and streetscape standards. downloadable PDF
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