Located at York Avenue and 68^th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the NewYork-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center is a state-of-the-art facility that provides integrated, cutting-edge treatment for digestive diseases, cancer, and more, with a hospital for women and newborns that will open in summer 2020. The design of this distinctive, world-class 68,190 sqm (734,000 sq ft) ambulatory care center is based upon a patient-centered approach. The circulation spaces are mainly located on the exterior edge of the structure, which features an all-glass façade, while the core spaces allow flexible, reconfigurable use of the rooms.  

Featuring an innovative environmental design, the facility adopts a series of sustainable practices - such as an extensive green roof, high-efficiency LED lighting, water-conserving equipment and high-performance curtain wall - in order to improve its energy efficiency. More precisely, the customized façade features a curtain wall with an integrated wood screen and a white toned frit pattern of wavy vertical lines on the outer glass surface. The glass and aluminum unitized system allows for an optimal use of daylight thus guaranteeing its restorative properties and reducing heat gain and glare, but at the same time preserving city views. The benefits related to the use of this state-of-the-art envelope, designed by world-renowned architectural studio Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, result in an excellent quality of stay in the interior rooms. The NewYork-Presbyterian David H. Koch Center is the first project in New York City to earn certification under the LEED Healthcare rating system, and the first project in New York State to earn LEED Gold^® under the Healthcare rating system.