Westwood Replacement Hospital Project

Project Update - The homepage of the website which provides current information and project status

"Building The Future" - New informative video which examines the vision, concept, creation, function, and power of the modern Westwood Replacement Hospital (requires real player)

Introduction - Provides overall look at the project and website

Re:Building Pamphlet - a pamphlet which addresses the public's concerns about the schedule and noise of construction

Floor Plans - an introduction to the hospital's design and layout

Press Coverage - the latest news on the hospital

OSHPD Steel Test Video - a short film about the hospital's steel beam infrastructure and seismic resistance (requires RealPlayer)

Who Is UCMT? - an introduction to the group behind the project

Chronology - a photographic collection of the construction site organized by date

Renderings - a photographic collection of the current progress versus the architect's images at the end of construction organized by date

Web Cam - a webcam that's setup in the lobby

Slide Show - an aerial slide presentation of work progress from start to present

Aerial Camera - a photographic collection of the construction site from an aerial perspective

Model - a photographic collection of the scale model from different angles

Elevations - a collection of 2 dimensional plans of the exterior sides of the hospital.

Illustrations - a collection of watercolor illustrations of interior and exterior of the hospital

Interior Renderings - a collection of 3 dimensional computer renderings of the hospital's interior

Mock-Up - a photographic collection from the full size mock-up model depicting the hospital's interiors

Schedule - a quick glance at the project's timeline (requires Adobe Acrobat)

Contact Information - addresses and phone numbers of the companies involved in the project

E-Mail UCMT - for any questions, comments, or concerns about the hospital

E-Mail the Webmaster - for any questions, comments, or concerns about the website

UCLA Phone Directory - search the comprehensive online phone directory for all of UCLA

Press Coverage

New Med Center on its Way
By ALAN EVERLY, UCLA Today Staff

With balloons flying and earthmovers at the ready, dignitaries and health-science employees joined in celebrating the groundbreaking Dec.7 of UCLA's state-of-the-art, seismically safe and people-friendly replacement hospital.

Opening in 2004, the $1.3-billion hospital and research complex is the largest building project ever undertaken by the University of California. It will replace UCLA's existing medical center, a 1951-vintage structure weakened nearly six years ago in the northridge earthquake. The new facility is designed to remain functional following an 8.4 earthquake.

Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, Congressman Xavier Becerra, D-Los Angeles, architects I.M. Pei and Didi Pei, and Hollywood mogul Michael Ovitz and executive Ron Burkle, who are spearheading fund-raising activities, gathered at the site, bordered by Westwood Boulevard, Young Drive South and Gayley Avenue, to celebrate with Chancellor Albert Carnesale and Gerald S. Levey, provost of medical sciences and School of Medicine dean, among others.

Levey emphasized that the light-filled, technologically innovative hospital will combine "spirituality and science" to create "a special place of healing" for patients, families, and hospital employees.

I.M. Pei - the renowned architect of the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Grand Louvre in Paris - and his son Didi have infused the building's design with gracefully curving forms, profuse natural light and a people- friendly, human-scaled interior landscape.

"Good Architecture is an integral part of the healing process," Didi Pei said.

The facility will combine operations of UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital and Mattel Children's Hospital in an eight-story-high building, with an additional two levels below ground, for a total of 1 million square feet.

The 525-bed replacement hospital is being built on a site formerly occupied by Parking Structure 14, a decommissioned steam plant and a waste-handling yard. UCLA will construct new parking as part of the project and relocate the other facilities to nearby sites.