People/Products

The design of the E.W. and Mary Firstenburg Tower supports Southwest Washington Medical Center’s 150-year-old mission of service to its patients, their families, the facility’s staff, and the surrounding community. It creates an environment of comfort, ease, and familiarity to help mitigate some of life’s most stressful and life-altering moments. It elevates the boundaries of traditional health care design to balance craft with space dedicated to the human experience—one that strengthens the social dimension of healing. And through careful attention to detail, inspired by nature, it enables a patient’s path to recovery—one from dependence to independence.