Children’s Hospital Courtyard
Seating enveloped in the courtyard planting serves as a safe and comfortable space for counseling and retreat.
Site Design and Planting | ANN ARBOR, MI The Children’s Hospital Courtyard design in Ann Arbor, Michigan is intended to create spaces to be lost and found, similar to a game of hide and seek. From the main building entrance, the visitor is brought into an open paved space that functions as a threshold to choose between the two branching paths. The path on 10
the right leads to a playground, shaded by a canopy of Ironwood trees and enveloped by a mass of perennials and shrub vegetation that separates the play space from the parking lot. From the play space, one can easily meander on to the open lawn, an inviting space for activity and socializing of large groups.
Early sketch of planting design around children’s play space.
