Sanctuary: a healing home | studio EPSILON MSD sm 2, 2019 | presentation board

S A NaChealing T UhomeA R Y Conventional health care delivery is known to create hierarchical relationship between doctor & patient, condition that prevent most patients to talk openly about personal small things that might matters for their overall health condition. Physically healed is one thing, but psychologically treated is another important aspect of a recovery process.

In contrast to conventional health service model, which are provided in the surrounding major hospitals in the urban context, the project aims to create what they cannot deliver due to their big scale, a health service that is more personal and informal. This will be delivered through informal domestic activities or more commonly known as occupational therapy.

For example: nutritional workshop can be done in the kitchen, group counselling can be done in dinings room and living rooms, physiotherapy can be done in the gardens.

This health care delivery will allow patients to feel less anxious to talk about their health problems to doctors and other patients, or even to people that use the space for casual purpose; and at the same time mildly improving their physical condition. The engagement will help heal the patients and creating health awareness to the bigger community, breaking the stigma.

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site 1.6 km Royal Children’s Hospital

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1.2 km Royal Melbourne Hospital - Melbourne Private Hospital - Royal Women’s Hospital - Frances Perry Maternity Hospital - Cancer Trials Australia - Melbourne Thyroid Centre

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M E N TA L H E A LT H

Mental health practice has been known to have dark past stories in how the practice works, resulting in stigmatized view towards the field, it even has become one of Hollywood’s common horror/thriller movie theme. Nowadays, the practice has actually changed, using more human to human verbal approach rather than physical approach, commonly known as psycotherapies.

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However, the stigma towards this field is still inevitable in current society.

Evidently, many people are still hesitant when it comes to getting psychological treatments. Ironically, the best way to treat mental health problem is to talk about it. There is a substantial prevalence in Australia’s population that suffer from mental illness, especially in the young age (27% of people aging 18-24 are having mental issue). Moreover, mental health also strongly related to other illnesses as side effect from traumatic experience.

Can architecture be an advocate to break the stigma?

URBAN CONTEXT 1:5000

UPPER FLOOR SHELTERING

GROUND FLOOR EMBRACING COMMUNITY

Conventional Doctor & Patient Relationship

Informal Social-Occupational Therapy

C A R E D E L I V E RY D I A G R A M

PA RT I D I A G R A M

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Therapeutic garden Wellness studio Kid’s Room

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Laundry Cafe

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SITE PLAN 1:500 Cemetery

The therapeutic garden extend towards the gym that spill-out its function towards the unused open green space when needed The meandering serpentine path creates visual discontinuity, an experential journey functions as therapeutic garden that useful both for CHC patients and the residents.

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The green space end at Lygon St interface as a bigger and more open community garden that functions for the CHC patients and residents while also being the welcoming interface for visitors arriving from adjacent bus and tram stops.

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I S O M E T R I C C O N T E X T R E L AT I O N S H I P S E 1 : 5 0 0

DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES + HEALING BRIEFED HEALTH CARE PROGRAM consultation room small consultation room large admin office

dining room + kitchen library community garden shared study area art gallery play area snooze lounge

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VERBAL COMMUNICATION + HEALING

meeting room L roof tiles

multi-purpose room

living room lounges terrace & verandah

conference room timber lining

staff rest space

CONVENTIONAL HEALTH CARE consultation room treatment room sterile storage INFRASTRUCTURE

exposed timber roof structure

1st floor - light timber construction timber battens screen facade

ground floor - brick masonry construction

EXPLODED ISOMETRIC SE 1:400

toilets changing room storage elevator

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Kitchen Community Garden Carpark Entrance

Art Studio BBQ Area LivingRoom

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Treatment Room

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Pharmacy

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ISOMETRIC SE 1:300

SECTION PERSPECTIVE A-A 1:150

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The ground level is designed to have open characteristic, housing most of the communal programmes. Inside and outside are blurred with spill-out and outdoor programmes, creating opportunities for informal activity as stress-free healing method.

The upper floor offer a more tranquil atmosphere, giving opportunity for one-self to reflect.

The facade is designed to give greater privacy while allowing natural light to remain profound.

The exposed timber construction emphasizes on humility and domestic atmosphere that distinct from common health facilities.

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During day-time, people both residents and customers of the health centre occupy the space, indoor and outdoor. Being in the intersection of the site’s circulation, engagement opportunity between residents and patients is created, thus acts as a social healing tool.

During night-time when the health centre is closed, the building remains open, oferring house-like programmes that can be utilized by the residents. In a sense, the building acts as a shared living space for the community. This also creates safety and security for the neighbourhood by occupation.

PERSPECTIVES