Urban Strategy Masterplan
Town regeneration scheme introducing social, environmental and local economy strategies, including a holistic rehabilitation centre for the healing of people, planet and place, together.
Leonie Bouget
Architecture & Planning 2023
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Long Section through studio and café
Shows divisions of space into concentric rings, outer ring providing views of and connection to external landscape and weather/lighting conditions, inner ring providing more insulated spaces for social or educational functions, with core functions (plant, WC, circulation) inside the 'stem'
Exterioir view of studio building
The mushroom structure of the building is visible from the oustide and integral to the identity and ethos of the building, the site, and the organisation of the facility as one whole organism.
Interior View of Café
A sociable, creative and welcoming café under the mushroom form, a community kitchen that prepairs pay-what-you-can meals from produce grown on-site and salvaged from local supermarkets, and a reading room/workspace with views out to nature
Envelope section of glazed curtain wall and green roof
The intensive green roof provides biodiversity and means the entire footprint of the building is planted. The glazing allows a strong visual connection with the landscape, as well as allowing a view of the mushroom structure from outside.
External view of lobby
A single shared lobby was important in destigmatizing 'rehabilitation', but privacy was maintained by providing sheltered and sensitively arranged therapy spaces. This building is surrounded by grasses and trees to provide additional privacy from the adjacent streets.