Rapid City Hospital Women’s & Children’s Expansion

Monument Health

BWBR is partnering with Monument Health on a multi-phased master plan implementation to modernize the Women’s and Children’s Center at their Rapid City Hospital campus. Phase 1 creates an expansion that includes a 32-bed NICU, where a unique hybrid model will offer private, semi-private, and pod rooms allowing flexibility for the right type of space in each distinct situation. Future phases for the tower expansion will include the fit-out of shelled spaces for a postpartum unit and outpatient clinic, and subsequent master plan phases will include renovation of the labor and delivery unit and pediatric inpatient unit.

The three-story facility, which will be attached to the existing hospital, draws inspiration from the natural landscapes of South Dakota’s West River region, Black Hills, and Badlands. BWBR’s interior and graphic design teams worked closely on custom wall coverings and palettes reminiscent of the wetlands for the first floor lobby and outpatient clinic, grasslands for the second floor NICU, and forest floor for the third floor postpartum unit. The concept puts an emphasis on simple wayfinding while feeling welcoming for both mothers and children, with calming natural elements in women’s spaces and child-friendly imagery offering positive distractions in pediatric spaces. The design of the exterior utilizes the same natural stone and dark metal panel accents as the rest of the campus, creating a cohesive architectural language that reinforces the Monument Health brand.

In total, the plan provides a road map for the creation of a dedicated, modernized Women’s and Children’s Center, which will serve families throughout the western South Dakota region and beyond.