Hom Community Hospital
Hom Community Hospital from Eric Esposito
Hom Community Hospital

Hom Community Hospital was a graduate design studio project in Fall 2012. It is located in Roswell, GA. The banding concept on which the hospital is based on the total health cycle of prevention, intervention and recovery. The site was chosen specifically because it’s surrounding areas which suited our needs of making the hospital to be part of the community. The hospital is located centrally in a triangle of civic, business and residential areas. Norcross Street provided a main road to access the site and allowed us utilize the side streets to provide distinct entrances for patients, service and ambulance drop-off. The topography of the site provided us with a couple of advantages in our design. A sizable portion of the hospital is below grade to maintain the image of a community hospital. By staying below grade, the hospital seems less imposing to the surrounding community. The majority of the parking is underground to allow patients and visitors comforting views of nature.

Rendering of Circulation Curve / Community Terrace area. The mural on the far wall of the Community Terrace was inspired by an existing mural embedded into a retaining wall on the southern portion of our 25 acre site.
Rendering of the Community Terrace / Inpatient Beds
1/64" Acrylic Model with colored strips to represent the bands concept [Green - Prevention] [Red - Intervention] [Blue - Recovery]
Bands concept with circulation curve
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Traffic Flow Diagram
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Internal Circulation Diagram
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Massing Level 1
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Massing Level 2
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Massing Level 3
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Massing Levels 4 & 5
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Level 1: [1] Future D & T Expansion Space, [2] Diagnostic & Imaging Suite, [3] Surgery & PACU, [4] Central Sterile, [5] Lobby to Inpatient Beds, [6] Patient Lobby to Cardiology, [7] Administrative Offices, [8] Dining Areas, [9] Kitchen, [10] Loading Dock
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Level 2: [1] Future Expanision Space, [2] Outpatient Cardiology Center, [3] Inpatient Cardiology Center, [4] Clinical Laboratory, [5] Lobby, [6] Fitness Center
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Level 3: [1] Morgue, [2] Materials Management, [3] Loadings Dock, [4] Gift Shop, [5] Inpatient Visitors Lobby, [6] Community Terrace, [7] Medical Office Building, [8] Administration / Offices, [9] Education & Health Management, [10] Future Expansion, [11] Main Entrance
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Level 4: [1] E.D. Patient Drop-Off, [2] Emergency Department, [3] Ambulance Drop-Off, [4] Inpatient Beds, [5] Medical Office Building, [6] Information Technology, [7] Volunteers & Staff Offices
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Level 5: [1] Inpatient Beds, [2] Respite Pavilion, [3] Walking Track, [4] Public Fitness Ammenities, [5] Retention Pond
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Expansion Level 6: [1] Vertical Expansion of Inpatient Beds, [2] Emergency Department Expansion, [3] D & T Expansion Below, [4] Medical Office Building, [5] Future Parking
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South Elevation
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West Elevation
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Section A
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Section B
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Section C
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Hom Community Hospital

Hom Community Hospital was a graduate design studio project in Fall 2012. It is located in Roswell, GA. The banding concept on which the hospital is based on the total health cycle of prevention, intervention and recovery. The site was chosen specifically because it’s surrounding areas which suited our needs of making the hospital to be part of the community. The hospital is located centrally in a triangle of civic, business and residential areas. Norcross Street provided a main road to access the site and allowed us utilize the side streets to provide distinct entrances for patients, service and ambulance drop-off. The topography of the site provided us with a couple of advantages in our design. A sizable portion of the hospital is below grade to maintain the image of a community hospital. By staying below grade, the hospital seems less imposing to the surrounding community. The majority of the parking is underground to allow patients and visitors comforting views of nature.

Eric Esposito
Atlanta, GA