Uconn Health Farmington CT  USA

At the interface of a stormwater pond and wooded wetlands this highly visible entry location will showcase a welcoming, sustainable, and inspiring approach to the Uconn Health campus landscape. With the incredible transformation of Uconn Health's building facilities over recent years, this project has the potential to bring a level of attention to the landscape - equally worthy of the architectural quality that has been achieved. Combining the programmatic concepts of memorialization, human wellness, and environmental health, this landscape space aligns with the healing mission of the institution, offers opportunities for fundraising, and maximizes the site’s many assets.

 

New outdoor spaces such as a Memorial Walk for dedications, a Woodland Boardwalk, Grassy Gathering Spaces, and a Shaded Pond-walk were conceived for hosting outdoor classes, for rememberances and to create interesting, biodiverse, shaded gathering spaces to extend the mission of the teaching hospital and medical school, to students, staff, patients and their families. *

 

 

*Dinep+Schwab LLC was engaged by Uconn Health to develop a Conceptual Master Plan for a Memorial + Wellness Garden. Claudia Dinep and Kristin Schwab were founding partners.