Novacare Hospitals (Private) Limited has selected HKS Inc., a global design firm as the lead architect for its upcoming 350-bed state-of-the-art internationally affiliated hospital in Islamabad. The selection took place following a competitive process in which multiple leading healthcare-specialized international architectural firms tendered their proposals.
HKS Inc. is a global design firm, headquartered in Dallas, TX, USA, with more than 1,500 professionals based across 29 offices in 10 countries. HKS follows an interdisciplinary design approach where architects and interior designers include researchers, urban designers, nurses, and anthropologists, among others in the design process.
HKS has been ranked in the top 3 in the 2022 Building Design + Construction Giants report of the largest healthcare sector architecture and engineering firms.
Commenting on the award, Hans Kedzierski, the CEO-designate of Novacare Hospital stated:
We are quite excited to announce our partnership with HKS as the lead architect for Novacare Hospital Islamabad … It was important for us to select a firm that brings specialized healthcare knowledge & expertise, along with cutting-edge design sensibilities. … At Novacare, we believe that good design drives patient quality & safety and creates a healing environment for patients. … And we want to create a great physical space for our teams to be excited and motivated to come to work every day, to achieve our mission to create an unrivalled professional environment.
HKS has designed projects in Pakistan before this, including the Punjab Agriculture, Food and Drug Authority Science Enclave which is currently under construction in Lahore.
