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