Designing better mental healthcare facilities

Portrane facility reflects updated national policy

Ireland’s new National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital exploits the therapeutic value of nature ‘in a discreetly secure setting which promotes the recovery of patients’

‘Heralding a new era in mental health services in Ireland’, the new National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane in County Dublin exploits the therapeutic value of nature ‘in a discreetly secure setting which promotes the recovery of patients’. Ruairi Reeves, director at Medical Architecture, and Karl Burton, an associate architect at Scott Tallon Walker Architects, the two practices that designed the impressive new facility, report.

The new National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital is laid out as a series of single-storey pavilion buildings around a pedestrianised ‘village green’, with a variety of spaces for meaningful activity. The arrangement achieves intuitive wayfinding through a site-wide narrative of colour, art, and landscaping.

A holistic view of forensic mental health

Log in or register FREE to read the rest

This story is Premium Content and is only available to registered users. Please log in at the top of the page to view the full text. If you don't already have an account, please register with us completely free of charge.
Register

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Step Communications Ltd, Step House, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3DR
Tel: 01892 779999
www.step-communications.com
© 2024 Step Communications Ltd. Registered in England. Registration Number 3893025