Inspiration from the North Central Terrazzo Association

Terrazzo Flooring in Healthcare:
Part of a Hospital’s Plan for Patient Healing

Art was not an afterthought at the new Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. It was part of the plan to promote healing its young patients and their parents—and integral to the building as a result.

The 206-bed children’s hospital features more than 600 works of art, many by local children. The building’s colorful terrazzo floors won an honorable mention at the 2011 NTMA Honor Awards.

One of the goals of the hospital was to create “a place where children would feel comfortable, happy, and hopeful, particularly when what they may be feeling as they enter the hospital is far from those emotions.”

Everywhere in the facility, which opened in January 2011, children have something cool to look at, much of it created by children. Images and colors of water, land, sky, and animals combine to create a sense of calm and healing, from the floors to the ceilings.

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Terrazzo Contractor
Central Tile & Terrazzo
Kalamazoo, MI

Architect
Jonathan Bailey & Associates, Rockwell Design
Dallas, TX

General Contractor
Turner/Wolverine Construction
Detroit, MI

Owner
Spectrum Health
Grand Rapids, MI

Aggregate Supplier
Terrazzo & Marble Supply
Wheeling, IL