University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital

The University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is the first phase of a larger Health Care campus master plan, completed in collaboration with Foster + Partners. The master plan’s goals of expanding and modernizing the health care complex create opportunities to revitalize the site and create a new, welcoming front door to this part of campus.

The site design integrates a new 12 story tower and 650-space parking ramp below, with broad, sweeping landforms orienting the outdoor spaces towards the building and visually connecting the landscape with the building’s interior spaces. A generous open clearing surrounded by lush, bright planting provides opportunities to experience the landscape, while also providing interesting views from the hospital tower above. The design also features a covered play area, dining terrace, and landscaped roof terraces for use by patients, staff, and visitors.