For more than 170 years, Roper Hospital has been a cornerstone of healthcare in South Carolina. Now, Roper St. Francis Healthcare is relocating its hospital from Charleston’s peninsula to a 27-acre North Charleston site at the region’s population center, creating a resilient and accessible medical campus designed for the next century of care. 

At last month’s Healthcare Facilities Symposium + Expo, Senior Associate Principal Meredith Neistadt explored the project alongside representatives from Roper St. Francis Healthcare and E4H. The talk discussed relocating the flagship hospital campus, honoring its legacy, and preparing the campus for the future.

Roper Hospital will also be the subject of a talk at the upcoming Healthcare Design Conference + Expo (HCD) on October 20. The team will continue the conversation with “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: The Story of Relocating a Medical Campus to Best Serve a Community for the Next 100 Years.” This session will explore how the team navigated a highly constrained site—with restrictions from FAA flight paths, active railroads, and a complex roadway access—to create a more resilient, community-centered campus.

Another healthcare project, the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown, will also be featured in a session at HCD. On October 19, Principal and Healthcare Practice Leader Anthony Treu will join Emory Healthcare, May Architecture, and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory for “Stop Dreaming and Start Doing – Real World Technology Integration and Supporting Future Innovations.” The talk will focus on how technology has emerged as a central design driver for Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown—raising critical questions about how new systems can support a fundamentally different model of cancer care.