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...avoiding the segregation of illness and disability

AWARD OF MERIT: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, DR. DONALD & BERET MOTT CHILDREN’S CENTER (Puyallup) , Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership; Chalker Putnam Collins & Scott, structural; David Evans & Associates, civil; W. A. Botting Company, mechanical design/build-mechanical contractors; Path Engineers, mechanical design engineers of record; McMullen Electric, Inc., electrical design/build-electrical contractor; Tres West Engineers, Inc., electrical design engineer of record; Sazan Group Inc., mechanical review; Dinsdale Carlson & Vail, electrical review; Michael Yantis Associates, Inc., acoustical; Blue Sky Landscaping Services Inc., landscape design/build. General contractor: Absher. (Photography by Eckert & Eckert) This Noah’s ark of a facility gives its young visitors a place to play while engaged in the work of their therapy. It doesn’t attempt to hide its serious medical purpose, but brings it to light, avoiding the segregation of illness and disability. Such a place empowers the children who come here.