Sustainable Healthcare in the Urban Environment

Catherine Mahan, FASLA, president of Mahan Rykiel Associates, is part of a panel at Healthcare Design '09.

Catherine Mahan, president of Mahan Rykiel Associates, will speak on creating sustainable healing environments as part of a panel selected to present at Healthcare Design '09, a leading conference on health and design in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 31 - Nov. 3.

The panel will present the case study of the Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, where Mahan Rykiel designed a series of roof gardens and outdoor spaces to complement the mission of the new hospital.

Dealing with an urban hospital with limited available space to expand, the design team crafted a new building that embraced the nearby park, and featured a series of accessible roof gardens available to staff and patients as a retreat.

Mahan Rykiel designed a series of roof gardens and outdoor spaces at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore.

Other panelists will be Adrian Hagerty, AIA, and Jim Curran, AIA representing the project architect Ellerbe Becket, and Judith Weiland of Mercy Hospital.

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