The Reading HealthPlex, which represents the next phase of Tower Health’s long-range master plan for the Reading Hospital campus, consolidates all surgical services, expands emergency medicine and adds 150 new private patient rooms to this urban institution.  

Focused on the patient/family experience and integration with the existing hospital campus, the Ballinger-designed building turns the site and program challenges into opportunities for connectivity, enhanced green space and advanced medical care. 72% of the project footprint is covered by an accessible green roof and part of a two-acre public garden. The large footprint­—110,000 SF dedicated to surgical services—is partially contained beneath the vast network of green spaces accessible to patients, visitors and staff. 

A patient tower rises from this landscaped plinth and connects to existing adjacent buildings to complete a major public circulation axis extending across the campus. The new patient rooms contained within the tower are equipped with sophisticated smart room technologies designed to improve the quality of patient care.