ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
their main garden in front of the day space between the two ward arms, and upper ground floor wards had their gardens behind the day spaces, located on the roof above the back-of-house spaces belonging to the wards below.
Following a service-user’s ‘journey’ The building concept was further developed by following the journey of a service-user being admitted as an inpatient for the first time – probably the time in their lives when they are at their most distressed and feeling at their most vulnerable. It is always imperative that the building they enter is welcoming and not daunting. With this in mind, landscape design practice, Iteriad, has designed a welcoming public realm arrival space integrating a sinuous route to the building front door that aims to slow down a person’s approach to help calm people as much as possible. The new Park House arrival space is designed to connect with the village green, and works with the geometry of the public realm of the wider masterplanned estate. Once at the front door, we aligned the main entrance and reception area with a communal café garden behind, to make that first view into the building become a view through the building into the garden beyond. This is to ease the journey inside as much as possible.
Full of light and views We felt it important to make sure that the way inside the building be presented as a way through. Once inside, the routes to wards will be full of light, with views to the garden spaces. The ward entrances are designed in a similar manner to the main entrance, with ward entrance views through into garden spaces. On ward, sizeable areas of glazing ensure a close link to outside and nature. All bedroom corridors have a picture window, with a window seat at its conclusion. This is in
Careful consideration was afforded to the adjacencies within the new Park House development.
stark contrast to the current Park House, which has many internal corridors with almost no natural light. The building is to utilise buff brick as its primary material. Brickwork was selected due to several key benefits: l It is commonly used in domestic properties, and is a familiar and homely material for service users.
l It is cost-effective and safe to use in a mental health environment.
l Its embodied carbon is low due to local manufacturing, and no requirements to import and transport from aboard. It can easily be reused at the end of the building’s life.
The buff brick is supplemented by areas of bright glazed brick, particularly between bedroom windows. Shades of greens and yellows are used. Sloping concrete sills further complement the crisp detailing.
Ribbon of metal cladding Around the main entrance we have a ribbon of metal cladding, which acts
as a structured continuation of the meandering wall along the sinuous path in the landscaping up to the front door. The ribbon form wraps around the main entrance, and into the café garden behind. The cladding will be coppery/gold in colour in varying levels of gloss. Some panels will be perforated with imagery as part of the wider arts strategy. It will serve as a landmark to denote the main entrance of the building, which will be visible from the forthcoming village green at the heart of the wider masterplan. The entrance is slightly elevated from road level, further benefitting wayfinding. Along the eastern side of the site is a
notable level change from the building plateau down to parts of the existing road network. This will allow the eastern wards to have a view over the road to the adjacent wooded perimeter, which also works really well for maintaining privacy and dignity to the wards. The steeper banks will use stone-filled gabion walls, which will be supplemented by extensive foliage that will gradually cover the whole bank, ensuring the building sits on a soft green plinth.
An Adult Acute inpatient bedroom. THE NETWORK | MAY 2022
Landscape design strategy The building form is shaped by taking clues from biophilic design principles, so that within the secure building zone a series of private outdoor garden and enclosed courtyard spaces fit seamlessly with the built form. The different levels of the building allow for an integrated landscape approach, so that there are green spaces at lower and upper ground level, and up to roof level. These outdoor spaces link directly with the internal spaces of the building; Iteriad has designed each outdoor space to balance the right level of stimulation. These are enhanced by the planting design to create a multi-sensory experience so that service-users, staff, and visitors, can connect with nature from every part of the building.
25
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36
