Design & Health International Academy Award 2009: Mental Health Project
Sponsored by HLM Architects
Lead judge
Lord Nigel Crisp
House of Lords, UK
Panel
Dr John Zeisel, president, Hearthstone Alzheimer Care
Chris Liddle, chairman, HLM Architects
Criteria
Awarded for a mental healthcare facility where an effective reconciliation between issues of security and perceived ‘openness’ are evident and where the operational need for supervision does not overwhelm the imperative to provide a civilising and humane setting to support therapeutic intervention. The project should appear community-friendly. Evidence of safe landscaping is important, as are levels of construction specification to meet informed standards of sustainability.
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| Alice Liang, Montgomery Sisam (centre), Sheila Pitch, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Terry Montgomery, Montgomery Sisam (far right), receiving the award for Best Mental Health Project from Lord Nigel Crisp (far left) and Chris Liddle (centre left) |
Winner
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
Commissioned by: RS G Commissioning
Designed by: C3, Montgomery Sisam Architects in Joint Venture with Kearns Mancini Architects & KPMB Architects
The judges said: “In the field of mental healthcare it is rare to see so many hurdles cleared in one go, but the combined initiatives taken by the architectural, clinical and management teams result in a quantum leap for other to emulate. Humane vision, innovation and design skill go hand in hand to produce a measurable and conspicuous success of a high order.”
Highly Commended
Bluestone, Craigavon Area Hospital, Northern Ireland
Commissioned by Northern Ireland Health Trust
Designed by David Morley Architects in association with Hall Black Douglas Architects
The judges' said: The project teams’ objective was: “the integration of internal space with landscape defining clear routes through the building to enhance the patients’ experience.” In this the scheme has succeeded admirably.
The finalists
Day Centre for Children & Adolescents with Autism (Greece), Synthesis Architects
The Bluestone Unit, Craigavon Area Hospital (Northern Ireland), David Morley Architects in association with Hall Black Douglas
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Phase 1A (Canada), C3, Montgomery Sisam Architects in Joint Venture with Kearns Mancini Architects & KPMB Architects
Three Psychiatry Departments at Orsay Hospital (France), Gangneux
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