At the start of the project, the organization put a highly collaborative team in place, engaging partners across disciplines.

From the start, the organization put a highly collaborative team in place, engaging partners across disciplines. The tower became the solution for connecting staff, and the planning process itself showed how this highly collaborative organization functions.

Internationally recognized for improving child health through research, education, and innovation, Cincinnati Children’s…

Internationally recognized for improving child health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center added a 15-story research tower on its main campus in Avondale, Ohio, taking pediatric research to the next level and literally bridging research and care.

“One of the goals of the project was to more closely connect our scientists and clinicians, allowing for a more efficient…

“One of the goals of the project was to more closely connect our scientists and clinicians, allowing for a more efficient means to translate innovations from the lab to the patient,” said Kristine Justus, PhD, Vice President of Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation.

An open-plan design with glass walls allows for daylight access throughout the floorplate.

An open-plan design with glass walls allows for daylight access throughout the floorplate. More than 600 pieces of artwork, including research-themed pieces, are featured throughout the building to inspire discovery among the scientists who work there.

The upper floors house laboratories and offices, bridging the building with its companion research tower, the William…

The upper floors house laboratories and offices, bridging the building with its companion research tower, the William Cooper Procter Pavilion, and supporting the spontaneous and planned collaboration that is part of Cincinnati Children’s culture.

The project’s vision was shared from the top down—and designed from the bottom up.
Spaces were carved out for specific collaboration interactions that occur among staff.

Panel heights dropped from 82 to 52 inches to promote visual transparency, and labs are organized in “neighborhoods” of collaborating teams. “The furniture adds so much to the atmosphere,” said Jason Luthy, Space & Occupancy Planner, Cincinnati Children’s.

The primary functions of the new building are to accommodate wet lab, dry lab, and clinical research, with the first three…

The building houses wet lab, dry lab, and clinical research, with the first three floors dedicated to clinical trial patients and families. An open atrium with comfortable seating, daylight, and a waterfall garden improves the experience for waiting families.

An easily manageable kit of parts provides the ability to adapt the space as the way people work evolves.

A kit of parts lets the space adapt as work evolves. “This project is a catalyst for what’s to come,” said Anna Hughes, Project Manager at RCF Group. “It positions Cincinnati Children’s for future growth in a world-class research facility.”

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