The New Pediatric Campus represents a monumental collaboration between two of the biggest healthcare providers in Dallas: the public University of Texas Southwest system and Children’s Health. The new facility sited on a 34-acre previously-developed site brings over 550 new pediatric beds, a 90-room Level 1 emergency department, and world-class specialty clinics. Access to nature and biophilia weave across the campus to mitigate scale and enhance experience for patients, families, staff, and the wider community. The campus is planned for future growth and takes advantage of the natural topography and adjacent green spaces. Walking paths enhance pedestrian connectivity through the greater medical campus and connect to the Texas Trees Foundation’s adjacent Harry Hines linear park redevelopment. Several protected gardens allow for patient, staff, and family respite, and a central courtyard with monumental play features centers the entire hospital in indoor-outdoor experiences to support health outcomes.
Environmental challenges addressed include stormwater management, contaminated soils, urban heat island of the Medical District, on-structure gardens in Texas climatic extremes, and plant palettes designed with immunocompromised and sensitive patients in mind.
Kelsey Seybold Clinic Medical Center
Formed with the philosophy of providing excellent and convenient health care Kelsey Seybold Clinics were historically a series of small facilities located throughout Southeast Texas. However, Kelsey Seybold was lacking a clinical presence in the Texas Medical Center area of Houston and was in need of a main campus that could house their varied health care reso...
SunCity Tower Kobe
Kobe has a unique geographical context in Japan, with breathtaking views both inland to Mt. Rokko and to the broad expanse of Osaka Bay to the south. The landscape design of SunCity Tower Kobe, a landmark senior community in this newly developed city district, celebrates this environment. The tower is tucked into the northwest corner of the site, setting it aw...
SunCity Takatsuki
Located in a bedroom community midway between Osaka and Kyoto, this facility has both Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing levels of care. The landscape design, complementing the modernist architecture, is organic and fluid with meandering paths traversing various gardens on the south side of the building connecting feature terraces located at each end of the b...
Vi Living (Formerly Classic Residence By Hyatt)
The Classic Residence by Hyatt in Palo Alto provides seniors with independent and assisted living facilities. The roughly 19-acre site is adjacent to the San Francisquito Creek, a shopping mall, and two in-progress SWA projects- Ronald McDonald House and Stanford West Apartments. Hyatt has been working closely with SWA as well as the City of Palo Alto and Stan...