08/13/2026
How do you test a hospital floor plan before construction begins? You build it at full scale.
As part of the programming process for SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital’s Main Campus, project plans were transformed into life-size cardboard mockups within the already demolished area of the hospital. Tape outlined each space, while critical areas, including multiple patient room configurations, the cath lab control room and the cath lab itself, were constructed with walls, windows and door openings.
The cath lab mockup was even equipped with real clinical equipment, allowing physicians, nurses, technologists and other clinical team members to simulate procedures and emergency code responses in the proposed environment. Staff also moved beds and stretchers through corridors and into rooms, performed patient room workflows and tested whether the planned spaces provided enough room to work safely and efficiently.
These hands-on simulations gave the clinical team an opportunity to provide immediate, practical feedback to the design team. Those insights will directly inform the next iteration of the floor plan, helping the design respond to real people, real equipment and real workflows long before construction begins.
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