Master planning led to a new structure serving two vital roles.

To meet the demands of a growing population in West San Antonio, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills partnered with Haskell to design a major patient tower expansion. The new 164,000-square-foot facility addresses both immediate care needs and long-term growth, increasing bed capacity and modernizing the hospital’s clinical infrastructure. The tower not only enhances service lines like women’s services and critical care but also positions the campus for future expansion.

The new facility connects and complements existing structures.

The contemporary design of the patient tower transitions gracefully from the hospital’s original Mediterranean-style architecture to a more modern aesthetic, featuring curtain wall glass, masonry, and metal panel accents. The building integrates with the existing hospital both visually and functionally, adding three new elevator cabs into pre-planned shafts to support expanded vertical circulation. The first floor introduces a new 30 bed Antepartum/Postpartum unit with a universal room layout, while a renovation of adjacent existing space provides four new Labor and Delivery beds and six OBED beds with private bathrooms.

A flexible framework supports future growth and evolving care needs.

The second and third floors include new ICU and NICU rooms, thoughtfully designed with nurse substations positioned for dual-room visibility to enhance care delivery and staff efficiency. The fourth floor is designed as a shell space, fully outfitted with infrastructure— mechanical, electrical, IT, and elevator access—enabling seamless vertical expansion in the future. Together, the tower and renovations represent a forward-looking investment in patient care and operational efficiency, reinforcing CHRISTUS’s commitment to high-quality, accessible healthcare.