Boston Children’s Hospital – Hale Family Clinical Building

When additional capacity for patient care came at the cost of an old Dawn Redwood tree outside, this biophilic floor design with 17 epoxy terrazzo colors memorialized the tree. Bringing nature into the energizing space, abstract representations of the tree are built harmoniously into the floor and framed with natural-edge benches hewed out of its wood. Many of the zinc divider strips were bent on-site; the gleaming tapered heavy strips were waterjet-cut. The most intricate sections of the design were installed over radiant heat, with control joints curving seamlessly into the pattern.