St. Mary of the Springs Dominican Sisters Motherhouse

 
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The motherhouse replaces dormitory housing for novitiates.

Religious Community

The new motherhouse was undertaken to improve the daily lives of an aging population. This home for a 380-member congregation of Sisters is located on a heavily wooded, rolling, 30-acre site. The building block for the design is the individual resident room, which was developed with congregation-wide participation.

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The new motherhouse accommodates aging in place for a predominantly senior population.

Resident rooms are clustered around community living and dining rooms modeled on single-family home design that allows Sisters to form smaller, personal communities within the congregational community. The chapel’s organic architecture reflects both its primacy in the community’s daily life and a value system rooted in deep respect for ‘the web of life.’

Location
Columbus, OH

Square Footage
138,700 square feet

Awards

  • AIA Institute Honor Award
  • AIA Chicago Interior Architecture Award
  • Liturgical/Interior Design Award