Care Facility Design | Indianapolis, Indiana

As a member of Ascension Health, the largest Catholic health care system in the country, St. Vincent Health is dedicated to providing spiritually-centered, holistic care, that sustains and furthers both individual and community health. In a continuing effort to provide services that care for the mind, body and spirit of those in need, a hospitality house was created. The St. Vincent House is located in a wooded area on the St. Vincent Health Campus and was created to provide families whose children are patients of the hospital with a place to reduce stress and worry by being in a homelike atmosphere during their child’s treatment. The project team worked closely together to ensure that the landscape design extended the mission of this hospitality facility into the site. Spaces were designed throughout the grounds that encourage small support group gatherings, provide play spaces for children and meditative and healing gardens. Great care was taken in siting the facility to take advantage of natural drainage patterns and existing trees.