It’s practically impossible to imagine a closer interdependency than that of medical patients, doctors and nurses, and researchers. In terms of physical space, however, the three groups are often in anything but close proximity. Either they’re spread throughout a huge hospital, or they’re at different locations entirely. Not so at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, renamed the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab after a gift from Shirley and Pat Ryan—he’s the one who founded the insurance behemoth Aon. The facility’s ground-up tower truly breaks the mold. For that, kudos go to the trifecta of HDR, Gensler, and Clive Wilkinson Architects as well as to the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s visionary president and CEO, Joanne Smith, a physiatrist who holds an MD/MBA.
Three Major Firms Collaborate on Massive Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago
