Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Bed Tower, Therapy Garden & Living Roofs

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose’s county hospital, has undergone

extensive renovation in recent years, providing for the public a state-of-theart

healthcare campus. RHAA worked with Stantec/Anshen & Allen Architects

on this latest project, Bed Buildings I & II, to effectively utilize green space to

promote mental and physical health for patients, visitors and staff. This concept

of mind/body/spirit can be seen in private courtyards, planted green roofs to

be viewed from patient rooms above, and a formal planted entry – all designed

to meet LEED Silver equivalency. In addition, RHAA designed a rehabilitation

garden known as a Terrain Park, specifically designed to help patients with

physical therapy goals such as learning to walk.