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Designing spaces that support, enrich, and nurture good mental health and wellbeing is at the heart of what we do at Gilling Dod. Constantly evolving, Mental Health services face huge challenges as the need for pathway specific, neurodiverse, and productive care settings far outstrips budgets, land and political will. Following years of stigma surrounding Mental Health, increased awareness and advocacy has helped move the dial around the equity of esteem, and this has only acted to fuel the huge expectations for new designs and environments that meet the challenge. In an age of scarce resource, increasing acuity and sensory overload, person-centred design is our architectural antidote and underpins our ethos at Gilling Dod when it comes to mental health design. Giving a voice to Service Users and real co-production is the only way to create truly human friendly spaces. Balancing safety vs sensory criteria, standardisation vs personalisation, acuity vs informality is a constant theme and demands a design approach that is both innovative and adaptive. At Gilling Dod we understand the nuances of this most mis-understood building type, as well as the inherent pressures and contradictions that inhabit the day-to-day delivery of mental health services. It is this very challenge that drives us, and ultimately stimulates and informs the amazing architecture that is created across our projects. As Mental Health and wellbeing becomes a global issue one thing is abundantly clear. We all need good ‘Head Space’.
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Person Centred Design
Pathways 4) Design Matters 5) Green Space 6) Personal Space 7) Crisis & Acuity
8) Detail and Compliance 9) Construction / Delivery 10) NZC / MMC 11) Refurb and Renew 12) The Future 13) About Us
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