This new centre provides small wards and individual bedrooms for people who are recovering from illnesses or operations, but who do not require a full hospital service. The landscape was designed to extend out from the building, in form and line and level, and was carefully crafted to respond to the needs of the Centre. Views of the landscape from wards and bedrooms were an integral part of the strategy for the project, as well as promoting access into the external spaces to encourage their use by patients.

Waiting areas and circulation spaces look out over stepped gravel terraces planted with trees, echoing the curved front elevation of the building and creating a space that feels very much a part of the public area of the Centre itself.

To the rear, private gardens are accessed on three levels, the upper level being linked to the first floor wards by bridges. Steps, ramps and gentle paths through the gardens allow patients to use these spaces for informal physiotherapy sessions, complementing the therapies and other recovery treatments offered by the Centre.

Colourful sensory planting and sheltered garden seating create places for patients and staff to relax individually and in groups.