NYU Medical Center
Phasing Diagram
New York city, New York
EXISTING
The clinical core labs on the third floor of the NYU Tisch Hospital currently serves the rest of the building campus and some nearby facilities. Incoming samples are delivered by walking and dropping them off at central processing. Central processing then determines which department the samples need to be further delivered to. The current scattering of labs from central processing, however, proves to be inefficient.
PROPOSED
The goal of the newly renovated space is to increase efficiency by reducing the time needed to deliver and test samples. A pneumatic tube system is implemented to reduce manual labor while an open lab space that houses all the departments is designed to take up the west wing of the floor. Central processing is then moved within that space to allow for faster processing and results. An automation line is set up to reduce further manual labor. The results are then computerized and sent out to their respective destinations.
Because each department needs to be fully functioning during construction, phasing becomes extremely complex and difficult to comprehend. Over the span of five years, each department moves at least once while a different section of the center is under construction. To help the client better understand the phasing and moving parts, 2D and 3D phasing diagrams were prepared.
