Reimagining Resiliency in Healthcare Design

The oldest and largest private care institution of its kind in the world, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has added a high-tech new facility to its roster of treatment centers as well as an architecturally striking building to New York City’s skyline. Opened in January 2020, the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care towers over the East River on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The 25-story ambulatory care center is staffed with more than 1,300 clinicians, nurses, and support personnel working at the forefront of patient care and treatment. Measuring at 750,000 square feet and 450 feet tall, the building employs some truly impressive design features, which helped create a comfortable patient experience, enabled large flexible spaces that support cutting-edge and often hefty equipment, and resulted in one of the most resilient medical facilities anywhere.