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Outside In East Clinic
Submitting Company: BnK Construction and Skylab Architecture

Location: Portland
Cost: $3.6 million
Owner/Developer: Outside In
Owner’s Representative: Klosh Group
Architect: Clark Kjos
Engineers: Lewis and Van Vleet (structural), MFIA (MEP)
Other Associates/Consultants: MacDonald Environmental Planning (landscape)
General Contractor: Walsh Construction
Subcontractors: Architectural Metal Works, Architectural Specialties, Authority Dock & Door, Canaan Site Furnishings, Cedar Landscape Construction, Chown, Construction Specialties, Contract Décor, Cosco Fire Protection, Dallas Glass, Elite Electric Group, Engineered Products, Hillebrand Construction, Hunter-Davisson, Insulation Contractors, Kriegsco Manufacturing, M&M Construction Services, Peninsula Plumbing, RDF Builders, Ron Rust Drywall, Snyder Roofing of Oregon, Solid Form Fabrication, Spectra Contract Flooring, Tion Cladding Systems, Western Partitions, WH Cress

Since 1968, Outside In has provided a safe, supportive and inclusive place for health care in Portland, along with services to help the underserved and people experiencing homelessness achieve independence. The recently completed East Clinic expands its service to support the Gresham/Rockwood community.

The new 6,200-square-foot clinic features six clinic rooms, six counseling/case management rooms, a large community conference room, and a covered courtyard for patients and neighbors to gather. The clinic provides care regardless of ability to pay, insurance status, spoken language, legal status, and sexual and gender identification.

Rockwood is one of the most diverse places in the state yet due to historic lack of investment in the community, residents have not had the resources to reach their potential. Nearly half of the adult population have not visited a doctor in the past year and many people have no health insurance. Outside In opened a health clinic in Rockwood to address these issues.

Located next to a MAX station, the building is designed to be low maintenance and resistant to vandalism while meeting Gresham’s design standards requiring a welcoming, street-friendly presence.

The corner of the building fronting East Burnside and 162nd Avenue features a prominent, colorful mural as an uplifting feature. The mural relates to Outside In’s downtown location, which also has a mural by the same artist, Michael Hensley. Inside the building, exposed roof structure, exposed concrete floors and bright colors signify the non-traditional nature of Outside In’s mission and clientele.

The site itself was very constrained and the corner entrance became more of a challenge than expected due to the condition of the existing sidewalk, crosswalk ramps and utility poles. It was difficult to create a welcoming entrance with the amount of obstructions at that corner, which was the obvious location for the main entrance.