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Architects: Woods Bagot
- Area: 7278 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Trevor Mein , Ethan Rohloff
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Text description provided by the architects. The Woods Bagot-designed Nepean Mental Health Centre (NMHC) is a new insertion into the existing hospital campus and is designed to respond to the increase in demand for mental health services as a result of the growing and ageing population.
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The NMHC includes 64-mental health beds servicing high dependency, acute and Specialist Mental Health Services for Older Persons. The unit will include a dedicated inpatient ward and new facilities for the outpatient day program.
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The Nepean Mental Health Centre is an example of how mental health care is shifting towards creating regenerative, healing environments for recovery. The design of the unit provides a restorative health care unit, integrated into the local community and linked to the adjoining health precinct.
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The hard steel and glazed exterior relates to the adjacent hospital buildings, and is contrasted with the non-institutional feel of the internal spaces and internal courtyard, where the focus is on healing by design and creating a sense of humanity and ownership.
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With generous solar access, these therapeutic internal courtyards create visual connectivity and engage users with a tapestry of landscaping that changes with the passage of time, allowing regeneration to become visibly tangible.
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Sensitive to the needs of patients and staff, Woods Bagot has created an environment that acts as a catalyst for the healing process.