- Project Facts
- Client: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Project Team: Jon Keller
Located in the basement, the Central Pharmacy at Brigham and Women's Hospital had been virtually untouched since its opening in 1978. Because of changes in the industry, new laws for compounding sterile products, increasing protocols for pharmaceutical testing, and the computerizing of the daily dosage delivery system throughout the Hospital, it was urgent that the Central Pharmacy be updated. Imai Keller Moore was hired in 1994 to assess the problems in the Central Pharmacy and proposed a staged construction and renovation strategy not only to upgrade the facilty but also to keep it running during the renovations.
The multi-phased project provided the Pharmacy with a state-of-the-art clean rooms for sterile product batching, a larger, more efficient narcotics vault and investigational drug service, and new processing and administration areas. The design features an open plan with generous use of glass, promoting interaction and visually enlarging the space to improve working conditions from the previous cramped windowless space.
Mechanical systems were also improved in the renovation, including HEPA filtered air and humidification.
