2024-11-21T13:24:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150316651/osd-and-polk-stanley-wilcox-selected-to-design-the-alice-l-walton-school-of-medicine-in-arkansas Josh Niland 2022-07-13T13:42:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6b4c3f7a6d6277406289ec91dcc163ab.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vis_medicatrix_naturae" target="_blank">healing power of nature</a> is a universal human experience and has been espoused throughout history in the Gospel of John, by the Ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates, and in several key texts of eastern and new age religions. It is one of the guiding principles behind the architecture of <a href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/healing-and-medicine-healing-and-medicine-islamic-texts-and-traditions" target="_blank">Islamic hospital designs</a> dating to the 12th century and will serve as the key to New York-based multidisciplinary studio <a href="https://archinect.com/osdoutside" target="_blank">OSD</a>&rsquo;s landscape design for the new Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Arkansas.</p> <p>Scheduled to open in the fall of 2025, pending the new school&rsquo;s accreditation, the campus is to be connected to the currently under-construction Whole Health Institute building from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150065997/marlon-blackwell-architects" target="_blank">Marlon Blackwell</a> and the nearby <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150258533/moshe-safdie-to-expand-crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-by-50" target="_blank">Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art</a>, which was also designed (in unison with <a href="https://archinect.com/safdiearchitects" target="_blank">Safdie Architects</a>) around an <a href="https://crystalbridges.org/architecture/" target="_blank">elevating naturalistic experience</a>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c4829077a4bcb02a92fd95b1f473025a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c4829077a4bcb02a92fd95b1f473025a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image by OSD and Polk Stanley Wilcox</figcaption></figure><p>OSD will work with Little Rock-based lead architects&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/54850771/polk-stanley-wilcox" target="_blank">Polk Stanley Wilcox</a> to realize philanthro...</p>