The final concept integrated many of the different elements into a common theme. A large statue piece was designed that could be seen from much of the city of Leavenworth due to the hilltop location of the site. This piece would serve as the origination point for a stream that would cascade down the hillside to a collecting pond. Native grasses and trees would surround this scene and would add beauty to the site while decreasing the maintenance requirements currently necessary to maintain the site. A walkway would meander through this hillside meadow and would have historic and botanical signage located at nodes in the path where there would also be opportunities for seating. Areas adjacent to buildings and roads would receive a higher level of maintenance so that the green lawn spaces and colorful plantings in these zones would create a beautiful contrast with the native vegetation elsewhere.

The ultimate outcome becomes a building situated on the hill and framed by a combination of formal and native vegetation which the employees, patients, and guests can enjoy.

St. John's Medical Center
Leavenworth, Kansas
St. John Hospital has a wonderfully sited campus set stately upon a hill overlooking the city of Leavenworth. JBC was enlisted to generate a master plan that would create a renewed image of the hospital and serve as a guide for future development of the site. Ideas were generated and the design for the site evolved through the use of an on-site charrette with hospital staff and administration. By involving clients as part of the team in the design process, we are able to generate a great deal of enthusiasm for the project and gain a great deal of insight that would be much more difficult to gather in a typical site analysis. During the two-day charrette, an array of concepts were developed, discussed, combined, and refined into what eventually became a consolidated master plan.