Figure 1-6 Rock deposits on proposed Site

Figure 1-6 Rock deposits on proposed Site

2 OBJECTIVES

• To understand the importance of outdoor design on the overall experience and mental condition • Map the evolution of Horticultural Therapy and healing gardens as a necessity in hospitals and hospices • Recognize elements and design principles for arranging outdoor healing spaces • Identify elements that can be recreated in Natural Stone and finding innovative methods to do so.

3 METHODOLOGY

The Research is oriented towards the identifying overall guidelines to designing a Hospice Garden and Memorial Garden in the Context of a rocky terrain. The steps therefore include the following.

• Identification of elements of a therapeutic Garden and Memorial Landscape and derive the objectives and methods of combining and designing a holistic space for mental relaxation, introspection and Remembrance. This is achieved through existing

Case Studies and literature Studies. • The elements and their influence on the Human observer are identified to be able to trace the origin and working of the same. • Understanding the natural landscape of the proposed site and integrating innovative landscape techniques to fulfil the above using natural materials to their maximum advantage.

4 CASE STUDIES

While during the course of the research, multiple Gardens and Memorials have been referred, irrespective of their direct utility or typology for design ideas, the following have been carefully studied to identify both the needs and elements that fulfill the same.

Here, while Karunsharaya explains the needs of a typical private hospice setting and Dorothy Efmith Garden represents the Memorial Public Garden Commemorating an adjacent hospice trust in an abstract manner, the Case study of the National Aids Grove tries to combine the concept where the segregation between absolute restricted healing space and good intentioned memorial creation is blurred to create an integrated design.

4.1 National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco, Golden Gate Park

Millions of people directly or indirectly affected by AIDS are able to gather in this healing garden to heal, hope and remember. The Garden recognizes all who have faced this tragic pandemic. Both those who died and those who have shared their fight, kept vigils, and supported each other in the remaining few hours. These grounds are considered Sacred by them and are designed for to remember their pain and recognize their bravery.

The National AIDS Memorial Grove stands to represent that we are never to forget the worldwide AIDS tragedy and it serves as a place to find comfort for the relatives of and friends of the victims of AIDS.