Santa Cruz Health Services Building
Client
County of Santa Cruz
Location
Santa Cruz, California
Conceived to provide the County of Santa Cruz with a functional, comfortable and attractive environment for its health services groups, the designers created a master plan which located a 70,000 square foot building focused on an existing eucalyptus grove and focused on a landscape commons. Surrounding this central commons is an interior public loggia which organizes and separates the County’s various and occasionally incompatible public services on an outpatient basis. An amenity for the entire Health Services Campus, the central commons proves a vital calming respite for building staff and users alike.
Credits: Partner John Thiele completed the project while Design Director at Gensler and Associates.