Hans Rosling Center for Population Health
Seattle, WA
This innovative, progressive design-build project is part of a 25-year vision to address the most persistent challenges affecting human health, social and economic equity, and environmental resilience
- LEED Platinum
- Innovation in Design point for using an integrative process to promote health-based design
- Stormwater capture, treatment, and re-use
- Green Roofs
- Preservation of heritage trees
- Approach to planting emphasizing species diversity and climate adaptability
- Winner: 2023 WASLA Professional Award of Merit - General Design, Public Ownership
Rendering courtesy of Miller Hull
Rendering courtesy of Miller Hull
In 2017, the University of Washington began a progressive design-build project with Lease Crutcher Lewis and Miller Hull to design and construct a Population Health Facility. The new facility was in direct response to the University's Population Health Initiative – a 25-year vision to address the most persistent challenges affecting human health, social and economic equity, and environmental resilience across the globe.
Completed in 2020, the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health houses the Department of Global Health, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and portions of the School of Public Health – all previously spread out in various locations across Seattle. The Center provides a central gathering place where scientists, researchers, and faculty work from around the University, region, and the world can come together to address the world's most significant challenges like poverty, equity, healthcare access, climate change, and government policy.
In our role as Owner's representative for sustainability on capital projects at the UW, O'Brien360 has supported the team in facilitating charrettes, developing an OPR, exploring rating system options, developing specifications, preliminary energy analysis, 2015 Seattle Energy Code C407 compliance, and creating a sustainability story for the project. As a facility focused on population health and a project charged with innovating new ideas in design and construction for the University, there was a natural interest in demonstrating health and well-being strategies. O'Brien360 facilitated the pursuit of a LEED v4 pilot credit that awards an Innovation in Design point for using an integrative process to promote health-based design.
In addition, the whole team has also worked to explore the most applicable strategies included in two newer rating systems focused on health, the WELL Building Standard and Fitwell.