GARY REHABILITATION CLINIC

This one story brick clinic building, offset with double-height steel, glass and spaces is set in a wooded grove abutting a protected wetlands in central Gary. includes two open courtyards, a light-filled reception area, a vaulted gymnasium and occupational therapy patients, and a playful oval-shaped gymnasium for children Inside the building, glazed corridors, facing interior courtyards, and the lofted patients with seemingly infinite access to the outdoors, while outside, the clinic face providing privacy to the patients within. The connection between the two glass-clad waiting area, which allows the visitor to see the interior courtyards door.

The public circulation area and the two gyms create an attractive light-filled environment that also serves adjoining medical out-patient clinics used by visiting the hospital’s Oncology, and Neurology departments. Additional therapy areas treatment rooms, a full-scale functioning kitchen, hydrotherapy tanks and a full- hydro pool.

A separate major function of the building is an Emergency Services Training 35-person classroom and a skills lab with a full-scale reproduction of an ambulance cab. Interspersed among the clinical and training functions are three conference various sizes, designed to serve both the clinic and the local community.