Name: UC Davis Health Folsom Medical Care Clinic
Address: Folsom, California

UC Davis Health Folsom Medical Office Building

A New Standard for Outpatient Care

Anchor & Campus

A First Footprint in a Growing Community

This design-build project marks the client's first major off-campus development in a new region. The 114,000-square-foot building serves as the anchor for a master-planned, 34-acre medical campus in the community of Folsom, California. Site development includes amenities centered around a Central Green with walking paths, a children's playground, and an amphitheater designed to support community engagement.

the lobby concourse looking toward the exterior green, with the mountain graphic on the wall and people in motion. Grounds the campus connection described in this paragraph and shows the indoor-outdoor relationship without needing the exterior shot — The building's concourse connects interior clinical space to the Central Green, reinforcing the project's commitment to outdoor access and community connection.

Form Follows Function

Interior Logic, Exterior Shape

In a reversal of the typical design process, the building's interior programming dictated its exterior form. The team created a hinged layout that accommodates flexible clinical modules while providing panoramic outdoor views from concourse-inspired waiting terminals. Universal clinical modules prioritize functionality and flow, ensuring the building can adapt to future program changes without disrupting the patient or staff experience.

The long waiting concourse with floor-to-ceiling glass, natural light flooding in, patients and staff in the space. This is the clearest visual expression of "concourse-inspired waiting terminals" and the indoor-outdoor connection. One of the strongest photos in the set. — Concourse-style waiting terminals run along the building's green-facing edge, flooding the patient experience with natural light and views.

Patient experience

Designed to Orient, Built to Welcome

The clinical modules are arranged to provide an intuitive wayfinding experience and maximize access to daylight and views for patients and staff. Interior wayfinding graphics and components draw from the local natural biome, highlighting the flora and fauna of the region to reinforce the building's connection to its outdoor environment.

The waiting area corridor with the large sunflower mural, natural light at the end of the hall, and patients in the space. Directly illustrates the biome-inspired graphics and the patient journey through the building. — Biome-inspired murals animate patient corridors, drawing from the native landscapes of the region to create a sense of place and ease of navigation.

Specialty programs

Beyond the Exam Room

In addition to its clinical functions, the building houses a premier infusion center with a private healing garden, a comprehensive ground-floor imaging center, and a large teaching and demonstration kitchen. Each of these programs reflects the project's central guiding principle: that enhancing human experience should shape every design decision, from the scale of the campus to the character of each individual space.

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SUSTAINABILITY

Built for People, Built to Last

The project achieved roughly 95% compliance with the client's goal to specify interior materials free of chemicals on the Living Building Challenge Red List, ensuring that wall coverings, flooring, and solid surfaces are PVC-free and low-emitting. This effort enhances indoor air quality and reduces off-gassing over the building's lifecycle. The building is targeting LEED Silver and SITES Gold and is fully electric.