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GUEST ROOMS unique carpet backing TO SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND THERAPEUTIC SPACES THE FIRST HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYURETHANE CARPET BACKING designed speciﬁcally for mid-trafﬁc HOSPITALITY applications. Renewable and recycled materials 70% green Resists wear kids and their families. The movie plaza features brightly colored, kid-sized jigsaw puzzle pieces for children to sit and climb on, a floating granite ball fountain, as well as various stone and plant textures for increased sensory stimuli. Complementing the vibrant puzzle pieces within the movie plaza, the nearby interactive “peek-a-boo” wall couples dynamic colors with activated forms to create a whimsical play area for children. Developed as a maze with circular windows at varying heights for kids of all ages, the wall provides an engaging space for activity directly across from the more passive butterfly garden. The The healing garden’s sundial plaza is an active area, encouraging patients to interact with this didactic space while also creating a site for programmed hospital events. By John Durant Photography. Excellent tuft bind; Withstands stretch-in and pattern AUGUST 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION butterfly garden consists of vivid, nectar-producing plant species to attract and sustain migrating butterflies. The butterfly garden offers the optimum amount of sun for butterflies to thrive and provides a seating area where kids, families and staff can relax and enjoy nature’s beauty. A reflection pond stands as the healing garden’s centerpiece and is surrounded by active and passive areas again defined by stimulating properties — color, texture, sound. Creating a passive space, a babbling stream flows between the hospital nursing towers terminating into a pool surrounded by cypress trees for shade. The human sundial plaza is situated in front of the central pond. Doubling as open space for programmed hospital events, the plaza also provides an opportunity for kids to learn how the relationship between the earth and the sun can be used as a tool for measuring EnviroCel READER SERVICE NO. 169 WWW.EDCMAG.COM/WEBCARD 41 EDC10074Utt.indd 1 9/13/07 8:30:30 AM http://www.edcmag.com http://bradleycorp.com http://bradleycorp.com http://www.edcmag.com/webcard

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Environmental Design & Construction- August 2008 Contents Editor's Note Web TOC Newsline New plus Notable Therapeutic Spaces On the Cover Surviving and Thriving A New Green Era of Luxury Special Section: Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certification Getting it Right Extra Credit Product Focus 21st Century Schools Marketplace plus Classifieds Advertiser's Index Of the Earth

Environmental Design + Construction - August 2008

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