Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

TTU - HSC El Paso

photo credit: Shayne Hensley

El Intercambio (The Interchange) is the central campus pedestrian

mall and public art centerpiece of the Paul L. Foster SOM located

at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center campus in El Paso, TX. 

Hodges collaborated with artist Larry Kirkland in the design of the

mall. 

The central green space links research and academic facilities,

providing a unique experience at the core of the new campus.

On either side of the mall large sunken gardens offer ample

green space for frisbee, lounging outdoors and serve as stormwater

detention ponds.  Rainwater is directed from the buildings and

parking lots into these areas where it ponds temporarily before

infiltrating into the sandy soils of the Rio Grande valley.

This project was selected for the "Award of Excellence" by Public Art

Network - Year in Review 2009.