“This is a happy and artistic space—a space for all. Kids love it and that’s what’s important. The health concerns inherent with a hospital governed the choice of materials and the result shows that this landscape architect really knows how to design. It’s very playful with innovative use of materials and colors that would appeal to children.”

—2013 Professional Awards Jury

“ 所有的空间都是快乐而艺术的空间。没有比孩子们喜欢而更重要的了。因为建设在医院中，健康材料的选择尤为关键，而景观设计师是完全的行家。好玩俏皮的色彩与材料迷住了孩子们。 ”

–2013年专业奖评审委员会

The Crown Sky Garden: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago By

Mikyoung Kim Design

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皇冠空中花园坐落在芝加哥市中心，是这座23层的儿童医院里病人、家属、医生和管理人员的乐园。这个空中花园是建立在科学研究的基础之上的，把自然之光和冥想沉思的空间与病人的康复时间联系起来。这一再生的项目为医疗保健设计提供了新的范式，这一设计把康复花园整合为这些制度环境内医疗保健的一部分。

Situated in the heart of downtown Chicago, the Crown Sky Garden is a sanctuary for patients, families, doctors and administrators within this 23 story Children’s Hospital. The commitment to this sky garden was built upon a growing body of scientific research which links access to natural light and contemplative spaces to reduced patient recovery time. This regenerative project offers a new paradigm for healthcare design that integrates healing gardens as part of the health care regiment within these institutional environments.

▼总平面图  Site Plan.

家庭顾问委员会和卢里儿科医院把这个位于11层上的5000平方英尺的地方改造成一个令人鼓舞的康复花园。由此而产生的设计创造出了一个具有生机感的地方，展示了为以儿童为中心的医疗保健和康复环境而产生的创新思维。这个最近被描述成花园中的医院，这个位于芝加哥的新儿科中心在宏伟大道一带，与健康设计中心合作，在皇冠空中花园里检验医院的设计对住院的儿童和他们的父母的压力程度会产生怎样的影响。

空中花园里有竹林、回收的树脂板、自然界的石头和从当地回收来的木材，是一个非常丰富的体验。孩子们通过直接的接触参与来使这个花园充满活力，通过这个温室空间来演奏大自然的声音。这个花园坐落在一个玻璃温室里面，由一系列光的互动元素、彩色的树脂墙和当地回收的木材元素里面的声音来界定。曲折的竹林围着线状的玻璃珠喷泉，从地板到屋顶的玻璃窗都与芝加哥市中心的冥想风光毗邻。这个花园涵盖了一系列个体的和集体的空间，满足了有免疫缺陷的儿童的需求，同时又提供了一个拥有发现与创新的空间。作为全世界50家医院的团体卵石项目的一员，卢里儿童医院目前正利用皇冠空中花园作为案例研究，来进一步理解这些花园环境的治愈效果。

▼11层的透视图 Perspective View of Floor 11.

主体花园（11层）和位于12层的树屋这一综合设计是为了满足一些实用性目的：给住院的孩子们提供一个接触芝加哥积淀的历史和自然环境的机会，满足传染病控制委员会为免疫缺陷的孩子们创造一个安全的环境这一严格要求，创造一系列互动机会来缓解压力，为他们提供接触自然材料和自然光的途径。皇冠空中花园的建造基于心理和生理研究，这些研究发现自然界和冥想花园中具有有助于恢复健康的性能。研究发现，参与其中五分钟内，血压、心脏活动、大脑活动和肌肉紧张就会很明显降低。皇冠空中花园的设计开始于为减压提供冥想的空间，筛选了一些有水声和竹子的地方。社会支持与物理治疗也被设计进了这一项目。最活跃的区域坐落最花园的中央，这里有两周一次的表演和社区活动。最终的设计具有灵活性，为体育运动和锻炼提供了机会，同时也提供了多种多样的个人冥想活动和充满活力的集体社会体验。

为了为整个项目的可持续性做贡献，皇冠空中花园包括了大量的回收的和可再生的材料。光之墙是用树脂木板做成的，而这些木板中最低有40%的回收物质。树屋中的木凳子和木地板都是从当地回收来的材料，利用了自然无毒的成品。水磨石地板利用的是回收来的玻璃骨料。

▼花园里各要素的轴突图 Axon Diagram of Garden Elements.

光之墙+竹林

彩色的树脂墙是由一系列折叠的、相互交错的生态树脂板构成的，在颜色上从浅绿色变为橙黄色。这些逐渐变化的彩色板是一种有效的抗菌表面，当参加者在墙周边移动时创造了一种色彩流。在花园的中部，固定于墙中心的LED灯被精心编排，当孩子们激活了感应器时会创造出一种水的形象，从平静的潮水到剧烈的彩色气泡。

水：玻璃弹珠与气泡

用手堆起来的玻璃球被组织成了一种彩色的时尚（有这样的一些颜色，如蓝莓冻和金鱼），含有一个从花盆里冒出的喷泉，创造出了一种动态的色彩设计，在夜晚的灯光中拥有了生命力。两道蜿蜒曲折的液体泡沫墙穿梭于竹林中，墙里面全都是水，以此来满足控制传染的严格要求。这种气泡体验为这两个主体花园里冥想的地方创造了一种声音障碍。

回收的木材：有声音的木材

回收的木雕被安置在花园里的房间里，充当了玩具和凳子。这些当地的材料是从芝加哥积淀的历史中拯救出来的木材被重新改造得来的，包括弗雷德里克·劳·奥姆斯特德为1893年的芝加哥世博会和芝加哥儿童动物园种植的树木。这些坚固的原木被成层地烘干，把含有并保护腐烂之处和昆虫的树脂涂中外面。每块木头里面，树脂层被从里面点燃，在晚上创造出发光的凳子。用青铜浇铸的儿童医院里的小儿患者的手是感应器，能激活从雕刻在这些回收来的木头上的说话者发出的水声。

创始人树屋

位于12层、在主体花园的上方，四周有从底下花园里延伸过来的竹林覆盖，这个私密的空间是为严重免疫缺陷的住院儿童设计的，他们的身体状况使得他们无法在主体花园中活动。这个被保护的空间有一系列水平交错的回收木材的断面，连接着墙和地板，里面填充着山核桃纹理的木板。木材的断面选择了各种各样的树种，从樱桃、枫树、白蜡树到胡桃树等。因为树木包裹着玻璃墙，墙面上画着天空、小鸟和从木板里露出来的树叶。

▼花园总览 Over View of Garden.

▼通往花园的饮食区的景色 View at Entry to Garden for Food Court.

▼从普伦蒂斯女子医院的屋顶看到的花园景色 View of Garden from Roof of Prentice Women’s Hospital.

▼从树屋看到的花园夜景  Night View of Garden from Tree House.

▼带有玻璃珠喷泉的走廊 View through Passageway with Marble Fountains.

▼树屋的玻璃地板 View from Tree House Glass Floor.

▼回收来的木质长凳 View from Reclaimed Wood Benches.

▼用浇铸的儿童的手作为感应器的回收来的木质互动雕塑 View of Reclaimed Wood Interactive Sculpture with Cast Children’s Hand Sensors.

▼树屋景色（12层），回收木做成的地板、墙面和创始人日志 View at Tree House (Floor 12) with Reclaimed Wood Floors, Walls, and

Reclaimed Founders Log.

▼西侧的花园走廊和玻璃珠喷泉  View at West Garden Corridor with Marble Fountain.

▼花园城市 City View Garden.

▼带有LED板和运动传感器的互动光之墙 View at Interactive Light Wall with LED Panels and Motion Sensor.

The Family Advisory Board and Lurie pediatric hospital transformed this five thousand square foot area on the 11th floor into an inspiringhealing garden. The resulting design creates a vibrant sense of place and demonstrates innovative thinking for child centered healthcare andhealing environments. Recently described as a hospital within a garden, this new pediatric center in Chicago, along the Magnificent Mile, is partnering with the Center for Health Design to examine the impact of hospital design on stress levels in hospitalized children and their parents in the Crown Sky Garden.

The Sky Garden is a rich experience of bamboo groves, custom recycled resin panels, natural stone and reclaimed wood from the region.

Children activate the garden through direct engagement and orchestrate sounds of nature throughout this greenhouse space. Situated within a glass green house, this garden is defined by a series of interactive elements of light, and sound within the colored resin walls and the locally reclaimed wood elements. Meandering groves of bamboos frame linear marble fountains adjacent to contemplative views of downtown Chicago through floor to ceiling glass windows. The garden incorporates a range of individual and collective spaces that meet the needs of children with immune deficiencies, while offering a place for discovery and innovative engagement. As a member of the Pebble Project, a group of 50 hospitals worldwide, the Lurie Children’s Hospital is currently utilizing the Crown Sky Garden as a case study to further understand the healingbenefits of these garden environments.

This comprehensive plan of the main garden (11th floor) and tree house on the 12th floor was designed to meet several programmatic goals; to give inpatient children an opportunity to engage Chicago’s storied historical and natural environment, to meet the stringent requirements of the infectious disease control board to create a safe environment for children with immune deficiencies, to create a range of interactive opportunities that mitigates stress, and to provide access to natural materials and light. The commitment for the Crown Sky Garden was based on psychological and physiological research which found significant restorative properties from nature and contemplative gardens. Within five minutes of engagement, studies have shown that there is a significant lowering of blood pressure, heart activity, electrical brain activity and muscle tension. Design of the Crown Sky Garden began with contemplative spaces for stress reduction, screening spaces with sounds of water and bamboo. Social support and physical therapy work was also designed into the programmatic design. The most active area was located in the center of the garden with bi-weekly performances and community engagement activities. The final design allows for programmatic flexibility, creating opportunities for physical movement and exercise, as well as a variety of contemplative individual and vibrant collective social experiences.

In order to contribute to the overall projects sustainability efforts, the Crown Sky Garden incorporates a significant amount of recycled and renewable material. The Light Walls are constructed with resin panels that are created with a minimum of 40% recycled content. The wood log seating elements and wood flooring in the tree house are locally reclaimed materials and utilize natural non-toxic finishes. The terrazzo flooring utilizes recycled glass aggregate.

Light Wall + Bamboo Groves

The colored resin wall is comprised of a series of folded and interlocking custom eco- resin panels that transform in color from aqua to saffron colors. These gradated colored panels are an effective anti-microbial surface and create a chromatic color flow as participants move around the walls. In the center of the garden, LED lights within the core of the retaining walls are choreographed to transform images of water as children activate the sensors; from calm tidal movements to intensely colorful bubbles.

Water: Marbles and Bubbles!

Hand stacked glass marbles organized in a chromatic fashion (with colors such as blueberry freeze and goldfish) contain a bubbler fountain that emerges from the planters and creates a dynamic color scheme that is animated with light in the evenings. Two sinuous walls of fluid effervescence weave through the bamboo groves and meet the stringent requirements of infectious control by containing all water. The bubbling experience create a sound barrier for these two contemplative spaces that frame the main garden.

Reclaimed Wood: Sound Logs: Fizz Plop! Slosh

Reclaimed wood sculptures are located in the garden rooms and act as play elements and benches. The local material, repurposed from salvaged wood from Chicago’s storied history, includes wood planted by Frederick Law Olmsted for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and the Chicago Children’s Zoo. These solid logs were kiln dried in layers and annealed with layers of resin that contain and preserve areas of rot and insect life. Within each of the logs, the resin layers are lit from within to create luminous benches in the evening. Bronze hands were cast from pediatric patients in the Children’s Hospital and are the sensors that activate the sounds of water that emanate from the speakers carved into the reclaimed logs.

Founders Tree House

Located on the 12th floor above the main Sky Garden and framed by the bamboo canopy from the garden below, this intimate space is designed for inpatient children with serious immune deficiency conditions that prevent them from engaging the main garden. This protected space has a series of longitudinal cross sections of reclaimed wood that connect wall to floor surfaces and have an infill of hickory end grain panels. The sections of wood are a selection various species, from Cherry, Maple, Ash and Black Walnut varieties. As the wood wraps up the glass walls, printed surfaces of sky, birds, and leaves emerge through the wood panels.