Hospice Project Profiles

Hospice of Wichita Falls

This new 12 bed inpatient facility was completed in January 1997. Matrix Architects was involved in the early planning and programming and also provided site selection assistance for the new Hospice Home Facilities Committee. This project offers an excellent model for the Matrix design approach that is employed on projects regardless of their size or location. A series of programming meetings and design concept formulation sessions occur in a short, intense period of interviewing, to quickly create a framework for the new facility.

A key aspect of our design philosophy is the psychological healing power of nature. Critical to site selection is a desire to find a piece of land that has a stable, strong, supportive ambiance. An effective landscape needs to look as though 'it has always been there and always will be'. This continuity sets the mind at ease, allowing patients and families to experience the serenity of nature.