Glenside Campus: Specialist Rehabilitation Building

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

The Rehabilitation unit consists of four 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.

Each pod is linked by a generous corridor having the character of an internal mall. This space gives access support to spaces such as administrative and consulting offices, as well as providing a “front door” or main point of access.

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 warm colour and material palette is unique for this building and reflects the Adelaide Hills region. The internal spaces are safe and homely and have been designed to be timeless with durability and maintenance in mind.