Location
Louisville, Kentucky
Type
New Construction
Client
The Healing Place
Size
75,000 sf

The Healing Place Women’s and Children’s Campus houses a nationally renowned shelter and addiction recovery program.  The non-profit organization, founded in 1989, has a 75% success rate — five times the national average – for recovery facilities. Due to growth in the number of women, some with children, asking for services, The Healing Place needed to expand its facilities.  

The board made a strategic decision to procure eight acres located at 15th and Hill Streets in Louisville; close in proximity to many of its clients.  The Healing Place’s commitment to sustainability and protecting the environment was a driving factor in the design of the campus.  K. Norman Berry Associates (KNBA) designed the entire campus with a strong focus on sustainability.  The goals for the project included low operating costs and a healthy and safe residence for clients and their children.   

The Healing Place, Women and children

During construction, 86% of construction waste was recycled.  Removal of asphalt resulted in 67% of the site being restored to a vegetative state.   A ground-source geothermal heat pump mechanical system with energy recovery units lowers long-term operating costs, roofing shingles that give off less heat reduce the impact on the ozone layer, rigid foam insulation between the inner and outer walls provide greater thermal improvement, low water-use toilets and lighting on sensors that turn off when the room is not occupied are among many strategies used.

The footprint of the facility was designed to emulate the organization’s logo – cupped hands surrounding a person.  The campus includes a 75,000+ square foot masonry and steel structure that houses more than 175 women, health clinic, kitchen and dining area, meeting rooms and playgrounds.