NYU Langone Health

With well-being the focus, the new hospital tower at NYU Langone Health includes a landscaped entrance plaza and generous terrace. In 2018, the opening of the Kimmel Pavilion at this Manhattan healthcare facility included design elements that provide access to natural light and open space. Sponzilli Landscape Group of Fairfield, NJ installed plantings, trees, and hardscape. Here, Sponzilli Landscape Group shares the project background and the decisions behind installation. Opened in June 2018, the newly constructed Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion, part of NYU Langone Health system, represented one of the largest scale projects in Manhattan in recent years. The inpatient facility is for adult and pediatric patients, and the project owner set access to the outdoors and greenery as an important goal. Hargreaves Jones (formerly Hargreaves Associates) was the landscape architect on the project, collaborating with building architect, Ennead Architects. Sponzilli Landscape Group located in Fairfield, NJ, handled the entire landscaping installation.   Located at 1st Avenue and 34th Street in New York City, the Kimmel Pavilion hospital tower includes a one-acre ground level arrival plaza and a 26,000-square-foot outdoor terrace on the seventh level overlooking the East River.The ground level area includes an arrival garden and plaza that blends seamlessly next to vehicular arrival and drop-off. The seventh level terrace includes gardens, outdoor dining, and spill out space for conferences and other events. The terrace also includes dedicated space (an outdoor classroom, gardens, and interactive elements) designed specifically for pediatric patients. Meanwhile, resiliency planning was incorporated ...