The New Parkland Hospital

TELA worked in joint venture with Studio Outside as part of a multidisciplinary team to create a safe, welcoming, patient-centered healing environment for the New Parkland Hospital. The New Parkland Hospital campus is an urban state-of-the-art public facility that serves the greater Dallas County community. Here, landscape and architecture create an immersive healing environment that extends outdoors, prioritizing comfort, accessibility, wayfinding, and environmental stewardship. The light-rail accessible campus encourages social interaction, physical fitness, and a sense of connection with nature in an otherwise industrial, vehicle-oriented part of the city. The landscape clearly defines points of entry at the hospital lobby and emergency room entrance and links buildings with sensory-rich paths. Integrated entry plazas, gardens, and trails showcase Texas Blackland Prairie habitat and provide opportunities for gathering and solitude for patients, visitors, and hospital employees. Soothing sounds of water, textural limestone, and planting rich in color and fragrance create a multidimensional landscape that stimulates the senses. In total, the project presents a new model for healthcare landscapes, one that recognizes and utilizes the link between human and environmental health to provide high-quality care.

LOCATION
Dallas, Texas
SIZE
Master Planning: 65 acres; Phase 1 Construction: 30 acres
YEAR COMPLETE
2015
CLIENT
Facilities Planning & Development at Parkland MetroHealth
PARTNERS
MESA Design Group / Studio Outside
PROJECT TEAM
Corgan (Design Architect); HDR, Inc. (Architect-of-Record); Pacheco-Koch (Civil Engineer); Lume Architectural Lighting Design (Lighting Designer); Hines, Inc. (Irrigation Designer); ValleyCrest (Landscape Contractor)
PHOTOGRAPHER
Arlen Kennedy
AWARDS
2021 Vista Award American Society for Health Care Engineering; 2016 Texas ASLA Honor Award; 2016 The Top Award Topping Out; 20215 Distinguished Greenscape STAR North Texas & the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association; 2013 LEED Gold Certification USGBC

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