Dallas, TX (22 September 2010) Design is underway for the first freestanding hospice in Dallas, Texas. The T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Faith Presbyterian Hospice, which is to be located on a nine-acre site with a six-acre spring-fed pond, will provide hospice care in a resort-like environment.  The hospice is designed to take full advantage of the site in a form that is complementary and integral to the natural water feature.

The hospice will provide 36 spacious inpatient care suites and three family or guest suites.  Each patient suite allows the patient to exercise control of his or her environment by providing two positions for the bed: the primary internal position or the sunroom location.  The bed can even be moved onto the balcony overlooking the pond, thus providing a refreshing connection to nature and the beautiful surroundings.

Public facilities, such as the Bistro dining facility, the Music Conservatory, the Great Room, the Palliative Care Research Center and the support offices will be accessible by the public without entering the patient wings.  Many of these spaces will have direct visual and physical access to the pond.

The Sanctuary within the Chapel wing will be positioned on the east side of the pond with a glass-enclosed connection to the hospice center and will provide the visitor with a special degree of privacy and tranquility.

PageSoutherlandPage is providing planning, architecture, interiors and MEP engineering for the center, which is currently in the fundraising stage. Team members include Milton Powell, Dick Robinson, Pankaj Patel, Loren Brouillette, Kris Walsh, Josh Theodore and David Malain.

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