Mental health
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about mental health
Project • By Tuncer Cakmakli Architects • Hospitals
Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Hospital
The Istanbul Erenköy Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital is located on a 9.7 hectares green island within a dense urban environment surrounded by high-rise residential buildings. It serves as a city grove, offering a refuge amidst the urban landscape.
For the mental and neurological health campus to truly provide healing, it must go beyond medical and psychological treatment to deliver high-quality healthcare through an architectural and landscape design that fosters tranquility, functional ease, rapid accessibility, and a therapeutic environment.
Research into the location and architectural solutions for healthcare campuses highlights the critical importance of creating a healing environment. Key e... More
Project • By C.F. Møller Architects • Hospitals
Tampere Psychiatric Clinic
In the city of Tampere, Finland, a forward-looking psychiatric clinic is providing a beneficial healing environment for patients and favourable workplace for staff. Designed by Danish architectural studio C.F. Møller Architects in collaboration with Finnish studio ARCO Architecture Company, the Tampere Psychiatric Clinic is part of Tampere University Hospital.
Located on the edge of the hospital campus, the psychiatric clinic blends with the surrounding woodland, offering a peaceful and therapeutic atmosphere. More than a stand-alone clinic in the woods, it is thoughtfully embedded in the wider hospital infrastructure: an underground tunnel connects Tampere Psychiatric Clinic to the main Tampere University Hospital, improving operat... More
News • News • 28 May 2024
C.F. Møller Architects demonstrates importance of evidence-based architecture to providing therapeutic mental health services
Danish architectural firm C.F. Møller Architects has completed the Springfield University Hospital, a center for mental health services in south-west London, England. The hospital’s design demonstrates the importance of evidence-based architecture when creating a therapeutic environment for patients and enhancing the well-being of staff and visitors.
Mark Hadden
Mark Hadden
C.F. Møller Architects
Springfield University Hospital is at the center of a large-scale 81-acre (33-hectare) estate regeneration program (known as Springfield Village) for South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS (National Health Service) Trust. This includes the construction of two new adjacent mental health f... More
Project • By C.F. Møller Architects • Hospitals
Springfield University Hospital
In south-west London, England, Springfield University Hospital stands as a new centre for mental health services. Designed by C.F. Møller Architects, the hospital demonstrates the importance of evidence-based design in creating a therapeutic environment for patients, while also fostering the well-being of staff and visitors. Springfield University Hospital is at the heart of Springfield Village, a 33-hectare estate regeneration programme for South West London and St George’s NHS Mental Health Trust.
Mark Hadden
Mark Hadden
C.F. Møller Architects
Shaftesbury and Trinity
Springfield University Hospital consists of two distinct buildings: Shaftesbury and Trinity. The four-storey Shaftesbury building... More
Project • By MIAS Architects • Hospitals
Can Zariquiey Health Centre Foyer
It was about designing a welcoming space for the families of patients, a meeting point between family members, center professionals, and patients themselves. It had to be a friendly, familial space, very domestic in terms of dimensions, with emphasis on materials, colors, light, both natural and artificial, and above all, easily relate to the building and existing spaces.
Adrià Goula
Adrià Goula
Adrià Goula
The new reception space belongs to this interior world of the courtyard, which emerges outside. In fact, this same interior logic that escapes towards the outside through a space already built.
© photography: Adrià Goula
Adrià Goula
Adrià Goula
It is a constru... More
Product • By Restworks • EnergyPod
EnergyPod
THE ENERGYPOD IS THE WORLD'S FIRST CHAIR DESIGNED FOR NAPPING AT WORK. ALL FEATURES OF THIS NAP POD ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THE USER RELAX.The EnergyPod features a privacy visor, a built-in timer and specifically composed sleep music. At the end of the nap, the EnergyPod wakes the user with a gentle but effective combination of light, sound, and vibration. More