Texas Organ Sharing Alliance

At the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance’s (TOSA) new home in the South Texas Medical Center, the outdoor environment is integrally important and embodies the organization’s mission: saving lives through the power of organ donation. The landscape design features simple forms and regenerative plantings, conveying an uplifting tone that is meaningful, connected and supportive of the staff and patient experience. A paved path encircling the outdoor lawn depicts TOSA’s mission on retaining walls and the event lawn within the loop memorializes individual organ donors by name. Like TOSA’s logo, which takes cues from ancient symbols such as the lemniscate, the loop represents a never-ending circuit of energy and allows users to circulate through the garden for respite and healing.