The Ambulatory Surgery Center at Stanford University Medical Center is a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center equipped with the most advanced surgical and imaging equipment. In the waiting area, concentric circular light coves radiate outward on the ceiling. Other unique design features include a curvilienear cove-lit ceiling pattern which delineates the patient path of travel from the main entry to admitting and waiting areas and a panelized wood wall that evokes the rhythm of the human heartbeat through three-dimensional compound forms.