Despite advances in treatment, earlier detection, changing lifestyles, and more, cancer remains one of the world’s most elusive health problems. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), the world’s oldest and largest private cancer center, utilizes architecture and design as a disruptive partner in its 135-year fight against it.
The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is the latest chapter in Perkins Eastman’s 25-year history with MSK. This healing community uses the whole building as an active participant in a patient’s care, with the goal to reduce tensions and anxieties common to healthcare facilities in order to enhance patient outcomes.