Ranked one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is building a new 12-story, 700,000 square foot inpatient bed tower. In collaboration with OLIN (lead design landscape architect), MSI Design is the prime consultant for the site infrastructure and site improvements portion of the project, leading a team of engineers, scientist, designers. The most significant portion of the 6.5-acre project is a 4-acre Children’s Garden, which includes a series of special spaces: a moonlight garden and tot lawn, a fragrance maze, the entry bosque, a running lawn, a storyteller’s garden, and an interactive play area. Two acres of the Children’s Garden is an intensive green roof, planned over a 2-level subsurface parking garage. The site infrastructure portion of the project includes a series of internal roadways, parking areas, and an extensive network of underground site infrastructure. A one-million gallon, below-grade vault accommodates the campus stormwater detention requirements, while also holding the same run-off for use as irrigation water.
