he design imbues the new facility with a sense of health and wellness that leverages Tempe’s natural environment by creating meaningful and useful connections to the outdoors. Working off the existing lobby, the interior public circulation is located along the east side, parallel to the Palm Walk. A series of two-story bays punctuate the linear circulation, providing intimate and private waiting areas for patients. These lower-scaled bays frame and provide easy access to a series of native landscaped courts that serve as exterior waiting areas. Similarly, a tall steel trellis which will be covered with vines in the next couple years on the north side of the entry pavilion also serves as an exterior waiting area while controlling direct sun penetration from the east orientation. Strategic glazing location and self-shading along the east elevation provide generous daylight within the entire public circulation zone and waiting areas.