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Ìý²¹²Ô»å  have been presented the ‘s 2019 Design Excellence Award in recognition of the outstanding architecture and design of De Paul’s new treatment center headquarters.

The Design Excellence Award, which was awarded to De Paul and Holst Architecture as part of the Portland Design Commission’s 2019-2020 State of the City Design Report presentation to Portland City Hall, recognizes a project from the previous year that best exemplifies the three tenets of design: context, public realm, and quality and resilience.

Applauded by Portland’s City Council as being thoughtfully designed and functional as well as representative of the type of architecture the city likes to see in the community, the trauma-informed design of De Paul’s new treatment center will focus on allowing patients to engage with treatment, nature, and each other in purpose-built indoor and outdoor therapeutic spaces, with more space and functional adjacencies than provided in De Paul’s existing buildings, according to a news release.

Anticipated to open in the fall, the two-story, 53,400-square-foot facility will include space for administrative offices, medical and counseling offices, group meeting rooms, a commercial kitchen and amenities such as a fitness center, art studio, patient resource center, library, and therapeutic gardens and outdoor gathering spaces. The building supports 70 adult residential treatment beds, 24 medical withdrawal management beds, designated space for peer and family counseling services, as well as capacity to serve 920 outpatients at a time.