The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, scheduled to open in 2017, hopes its Healing Arts Program will provide patients, visitors and staff with a tranquil, uplifting environment.

World-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly is creating an architectural installation as the centerpiece of the program.

The Chihuly Sanctuary will be a greenhouse-like structure that flows out from the cancer center and provides views of an exterior healing garden. The enclosure of about 6,000 square feet will feature five distinct areas with works by Chihuly, including its own indoor garden of colorful glass flowers.

“I hope the sanctuary becomes a gathering spot and respite for those patients who are not able to go outside and enjoy the garden,” Chihuly said.

Earlier plans for the program include a 7,700-square-foot healing garden, a large-scale metallic installation at the driveway and drop-off area by Los Angeles-based designer Rob Ley, and a 20-foot-tall painting by Brooklyn-based artist Suzy Taekyung Kim that will appear in the center’s lobby.

“My goal is to provide clear views into the healing garden and to create space for patients, caregivers and researchers to meditate or find a moment of peace,” Chihuly said in the video.