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Mercy’s Mary Catherine Bunting Center noted for its three unique rooftop gardens

Mercy's Mary Catherine Bunting Center Receives Presidential Citation For Urban Design

In ceremonies held on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, D.C. chapter, presented the Presidential Citation for Urban Design to The Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.

The AECOM (Architecture, Engineering, Consulting, Operations and Management) design team leadership accepted on behalf of the entire Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy project development team, including Thomas R. Mullen, Mercy President and CEO; the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and Patrick Ross Photography.

Mercy Medical Center selected AECOM to design a new replacement hospital in the heart of downtown Baltimore via a design competition. The 700,000 gross-square-foot new hospital serves as a new "front door" for the urban campus. Extensive landscape areas, including a series of roof gardens, enhances the connection between nature and healing, and serves as a visual link between the adjacent historic park, Preston Gardens.

Mercy will phase the relocation of its clinical services over the next decade, and the building is being designed to provide the flexibility needed to accommodate this phased relocation approach.

Founded in 1887, the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects serves the Nation's Capitol, functioning as both the "local" and "state" component of the AIA for the District of Columbia. The Chapter was intimately involved in the design and planning of Washington, and continues to play an active role in city development today.