Sharon L. Hostler Child Development Center

The University of Virginia Physicians Group, a private foundation that serves the needs of the University of Virginia Health System, identified providing high quality childcare as one of its most urgent needs.

UPG hired brwarchitects to work with Bright Horizons for the design and construction of a new Childcare Center, which serves 154 children. The 17,000 square-foot facility is designed on a tight suburban site which required maximizing the available outdoor play areas for each age group. brwarchitects created a facility which provides every classroom direct access to an exterior play yard, generous amounts of natural light, and common spaces designed to provide varying experiences of scale.

The design of each space is tailored to respond to the age and perceptions of each group of children. Materials, finishes and even the landscape design have been coordinated to reinforce the theme of ‘Growing Healthy Lives’. The design of the new Childcare Center reflects UPG’s historical links to Thomas Jefferson’s University and corporate vision of Responsibility, Integrity, Stewardship, and Excellence.