Glenside Campus: DASSA

The Glenside redevelopment brings together a number of key mental health, drug and alcohol services onto one site with purpose built facilities.

Designed to accommodate clients withdrawing from alcohol and drugs over a five day period, the DASSA unit consists of three conjoined pods.  Each pod contains a number of bedrooms (typically 8-10) arranged around a private secure courtyard. The courtyards provide a high quality therapeutic environment offering a range of spaces for sitting and walking as well as security, without creating a sense of detention.

Overall the building is configured to provide a sequence of spaces from private and secure to public to support the model of rehabilitation for consumers, from the ultimate privacy of consumer bedrooms and ensuites though to full engagement with the public realm. The internal colour palette reflects this sequencing by providing greater colour saturation in public spaces and less colour saturation in private zones.

The calming colour and material palette is unique for this building and reflects the South Australian coastal regions. The internal spaces are safe and homely and have been designed to be timeless with durability and maintenance in mind.