LOUISVILLE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER
BY BOLDLY CONTRASTING MATERIALS WITH THE EXISTING MASONRY BUILDING BACKDROP, THIS MODESTLY SIZED ENTRANCE AND CLINIC ADDITION LEVERAGES RECOGNIZABLE SYMBOLISM TO REACH OUT AND EMBRACE APPROACHING VISITORS. FROM SEVERAL REMOTE PARKING AREAS, THE GLOWING FLAG MARKS ENTRY FROM WITHIN THE PROW OF A TWO STORY ENTRANCE ATRIUM. APPROACHING PEDESTRIAN PATHS SHAPED THE EXTERIOR FORM, PRESERVING MUCH OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO LIMIT THE PROJECT'S FOOTPRINT. THE WAITING AND RECEPTION ATRIUM IS FLOODED WITH NATURAL LIGHT, WHILE ITS SUBTLY LAYERED INTERIOR FINISHES GRADUALLY REDUCE THE SCALE OF THE SPACE AS IT FLOWS INTO THE EXISTING FACILITY.