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MENTAL HEALTH
DESIGNING
WORLD-CLASS
FACILITIES FOR
MENTAL HEALTH
CONTENTS
Mental health services play a vital role in WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff is a specialist in We provide innovative, efficient and sensitive Innovative design 6
society – one that is only becoming more mental health buildings, and our teams have solutions, carefully aligned to our clients’ Efficiency and performance 12
important as greater longevity brings an designed and delivered many different facilities therapeutic vision and model of care.
accompanying rise in cases of degenerative around the world, including small hotel-style State-of-the-art care 18
brain disease, and disorders such as anxiety clinics, tertiary and acute assessment and Fit for the future 24
and depression increase. treatment facilities, major behavioural health
campuses, community outreach centres and
Service providers face many challenges.
high-security forensic hospitals.
They must expand capacity as the baby-
boomer generation approaches old age and We are supporting our clients to provide state-
provide a growing range of specialist services of-the-art care for sufferers of Alzheimer’s and
to support patients with diverse needs. Many schizophrenia at the Zucker Hillside Hospital in
existing facilities are in need of modernisation New York, and seamlessly integrate psychiatric
Hafan Y Coed, the New Adult Mental Health Unit at University Hospital Llandough
Modern mental health facilities are for Brain Health in Las Vegas, for example, It’s on designs like this where our use of
continually evolving, and the transformation offers a patient experience that is second- advanced modelling tools really comes into
continues with new technology and deeper to-none with a stunning space for revenue- its own – accuracy is crucial when almost
understanding of the provision of care. generating events. Our structural engineers every steel connection has to be individually
The $80m Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is mind. With plenty of natural light and curved
a dramatic addition to the downtown Las Vegas corridors, the centre deliberately veers away LOCATION
skyline and a spur for research into degenerative from the typical clinical environment. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
brain disease. Pioneered by drinks entrepreneur
The medical wing has a steel frame and CLIENT
and philanthropist Larry Ruvo, who lost his own
composite concrete and metal deck floors, University of Nevada School of Medicine
father to Alzheimer’s, the 5,500m2 facility is
while a distinctive curved steel trellis cantilevers Keep Memory Alive Foundation
dedicated to caring for patients with cognitive
off its south side, marking the transition
brain disorders, supporting their families and ARCHITECT
between two halves of the complex. The
continuing the search for improved treatments. Gehry Partners
events centre, meanwhile, comprises a laser-cut
Designed by celebrated architect Frank prefabricated structural steel shell punctured by SERVICES
Gehry, this remarkable complex is split into 199 windows that flood the space with natural Structural engineering
two distinct wings, representing the logical and light. Supplemented only by two internal steel
PROJECT VALUE
creative aspects of brain function. To the north, ‘tree’ columns, the unique structure is largely
$80m
a stack of splayed rectangular boxes, clad self-supporting, making possible the column-
in white stucco render with glazed recesses, free atrium inside. PROJECT STATUS
forms the ‘logical’ four-storey medical clinic, Completed 2010
As structural engineer of record of the building,
containing patient facilities, neuroimaging
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff worked tirelessly
suites and research space. To the south, an
to create a building system as elegant and
undulating stainless steel and glass structure
complex as the outer shell. The irregular
– reflecting creative thought – houses a large
elevation of the clinic's north façade meant
EVERY
atrium, allowing the centre to double as a Laser-cut prefabricated Largely self-
accurate detailing of the steelwork was crucial,
revenue-generating events facility. structural steel shell supporting structure,
while design of the curved trellis had to factor
punctured by making possible the
Located in the city’s 61-acre Symphony in large lateral seismic and wind forces. Virtually steel connection in cantilever
COLUMN-
199
Park, the bold structure is raising community every steel connection had to be individually support structure individually
awareness of Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s disease designed and fabricated. BIM was vital to
and other brain disorders. But it is designed the design process, allowing our team to
designed and fabricated
FREE
very much with the patient experience in accommodate the project’s complex geometry. WINDOWS atrium inside
sustainability accreditation
HOpe Centre, The Greta & Robert H.N. Ho Psychiatry & Education Centre HOpe Centre
PERFORMANCE
Mental health services are under pressure. As specialists not only in the mental health Our teams are also skilled at sustainable design
Changing demographics and better sector but in environmentally sustainable and planning that complement the wellbeing
understanding of mental illness are creating design, we’ve delivered some of the world’s of patients – the Joseph & Rosalie Segal
greater need, while expectations of care and most efficient buildings. We understand how Family Health Centre in British Columbia
facilities themselves are becoming much to minimise energy and water consumption offers private, en-suite rooms, green spaces
higher. Meeting demand means managing and maximise fresh air and natural light without and dedicated areas for a range of therapeutic
resources effectively – financial, natural compromising safety, as at Cardiff’s new adult activities, within an exemplar building that will
and, most importantly, the time and energy mental health unit. This pioneering BREEAM achieve LEED Gold performance.
of healthcare staff. Our design teams help Excellent facility is powered by an array of
Wherever we’re working, we combine
providers to do this in buildings that are photovoltaic panels with dual fuel boilers and
best practice from across our global business
meticulously tailored to their requirements generators to ensure security of supply.
to develop the very best, bespoke solution
and systems that perform faultlessly in high-
each time.
pressure situations – while ensuring that they
are always cost-effective to construct,
operate and maintain.
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Due to open in 2017, the Joseph & Rosalie treatment areas with plenty of natural light to
Segal Family Health Centre represents a major create a bright and welcoming environment. LOCATION
advance for mental health and substance use All rooms will be private and have en-suite Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
care in British Columbia. The eight-storey bathrooms, and every floor has access to
CLIENT
mental health and substance use facility on outdoors and quiet space for reading and
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
the Vancouver General Hospital campus is meditating. In recognition of the role of the
set to provide a unique, healing environment outdoors in promoting wellbeing, the LEED ARCHITECT
for patients suffering from schizophrenia, Gold-rated design includes a public park and Parkin Architects
depression, mood disorders and other acute rooftop gardens for patient gardening. The
SERVICES
mental health conditions. centre, which also has dedicated family and
Owner’s project manager
visitor space, will be easy to expand in future,
The 100-bed centre – the largest facility of Electrical compliance engineering
with built-in capacity for two additional floors.
its kind in the province – will bring a variety of Structural engineering
services under one roof, including inpatient Acting as the owner’s representative and
PROJECT VALUE
and outpatient care, outreach programmes project manager, our team has overseen
$82M
and addiction services. Integrated in this the strategic planning and business case
way, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is development as well as the indicative PROJECT STATUS
geared to provide patients with seamless and design and design-build procurement Due for completion in 2017
consistent care as they move from hospital life phases of the project. Working closely
back into the community. with a range of stakeholders, we kept the
schedule and budget on track, helping to
WSP | MMM Group has played a role on
ensure this vision for an integrated,
this innovative project from an early stage,
therapeutic environment becomes reality
providing project management services for
as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
planning, design and procurement of the
11,000 m2 facility. In tune with the patient-
centred philosophy of the new centre, patients,
families, physicians, UBC Research Institute
and staff were all consulted during the design
process. The result combines therapeutic
Realising that Cardiff’s crumbling Whitchurch staff were consulted on the design, which sees
hospital was no longer fit for purpose, hospital increasing levels of privacy as users progress LOCATION
leaders seized the opportunity to build a away from the public entrance and through Llandough, Wales
more integrated mental health service for the the building.
CLIENT
community, housed in a state-of-the-art facility.
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff was engaged Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
The new Adult Mental Health Unit at the
to deliver a range of services, including
Llandough hospital campus brings adult and ARCHITECT
mechanical, electrical and public health design,
specialist services previously provided across Powell Dobson
as well as sustainability solutions. The client
two sites into one energy-efficient building.
wanted to create an efficient, low-energy SERVICES
Located as near to the hospital’s other facilities
building that would achieve a BREEAM Mechanical engineering
as possible, the 19,800m2 unit provides easy
Excellent rating, while enjoying the security Electrical engineering
access to neighbouring clinics and reflects the
of supply necessary to this kind of 24-hour Public health design
guiding principle that mental health services
facility. Built on an old car park to reduce its Buildings physics development
should complement – and be integrated with –
environmental impact on the surrounding Sustainability solutions
wider hospital care.
area, the unit is also designed for minimal Fire engineering
The 135-bed inpatient facility provides energy consumption. Notable features include Sprinkler design
modern, flexible space to accommodate a efficient lighting design, maximised daylight Acoustics
range of functions, including crisis assessment, and presence-detecting lighting controls. BREEAM
psychiatric intensive care and addiction support Natural ventilation is used where possible Air quality monitoring
alongside recreational, relaxation and therapy and an array of solar PV panels are mounted
PROJECT STATUS
areas. A neuropsychiatry inpatient unit cares on the roof.
Completed in 2016
MEP
for patients with acquired brain injuries. The
FLEXIBLE
The building services design also made
Use of centre’s 10 wards each have between 10 and
use of innovative materials and offsite
DAYLIGHT 15 beds and accommodate all patients in
DESIGN
installation techniques to boost efficiency
boundaries within wards private rooms. Flexible boundaries within wards
and reduce construction time. Duel fuel
natural ventilation and allow for adaptable but allow for adaptable facilities while maintaining
boilers and generators meanwhile ensure
reduced the build time presence-detecting lighting secure facilities essential privacy and security. The largely
resilience. BIM was invaluable for making sure
through use of innovative controls help keep energy two-storey structure also takes advantage
that all services were fully coordinated before
materials and offsite consumption down of the sloping site to create additional space
construction began.
construction above and below the main floors. Patients and
Roseberry Park, UK
Image by Jill Tate / Medical Architecture
CARE
Nepean Mental Health Centre, Penrith, Australia; Image ©Trevor Mein; Architects: Woods Bagot
Understanding of mental illness continues galleries and meditation spaces, to family play and enable services such as laundry or rubbish
to improve, methods of treatment and care areas and rooftop gardens. collection to take place out of sight.
evolve – and healthcare providers need
Award-winning Roseberry Park may be a major, We can offer expert help with IT,
facilities that can incorporate new ideas and
365-bed hospital, but it aims to offer hotel-style communications and audio-visual technologies
approaches to a range of disorders. As experts
accommodation on a domestic scale, with all too, to provide features such as full wireless
in mental health design, WSP | Parsons
patient rooms at ground-floor level in self- connectivity and bedside patient registration,
Brinckerhoff supports healthcare providers to
contained wards clustered around landscaped or interactivity to stimulate the senses of
explore new ways of providing services, safe
courtyards. New York’s Zucker Hillside Hospital patients with severe mental illness – at the
in the knowledge that they can meet the most
has long been renowned for its pioneering Zucker, we helped to create floors that seem to
demanding clinical and security standards.
research into mental illness. For the latest ripple to the touch.
Creating more home-like environments has addition to its campus, our design allowed all
We always bring fresh thinking to the
become a driving ambition for many of our rooms to flex between private and semi-private
challenges our clients face, backed up by the
clients, so we support them with engineering according to individual patient needs, and
technical expertise that’s essential to deliver
solutions that offer privacy and comfort in an facilitated an ingenious three-corridor system
truly cutting-edge care.
attractive range of spaces, from internal art to physically separate patients, staff and visitors,
Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust has courtyards. All patient accommodation
undergone a major modernisation programme and shared amenities are at ground level, LOCATION
in recent years, transforming its approach contributing to the building’s domestic Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, UK
to service provision and ensuring it has the scale and character. Bedrooms are mostly
CLIENT
facilities to offer cutting-edge care. Roseberry private and larger than standard hospital
Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust
Park is its crowning achievement. The award- accommodation, and all have windows looking
winning centre for patients with mental health onto a courtyard. An inspirational and calming ARCHITECT
conditions and learning disabilities replaces artwork collection, specially commissioned Medical Architecture
Middlesbrough’s St Luke’s Hospital, a Victorian from 13 artists, adorns the corridors while the
SERVICES
psychiatric facility ripe for closure after more exterior’s white walls and wooden cladding
Civil engineering
than a century of use. reinforce the non-clinical vibe.
Structural engineering
The new 365-bed hospital has propelled the WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff was civil and Traffic & transportation
service into the modern era, offering spacious structural engineer on this state-of-the-art PFI Environmental engineering
and bright accommodation to suit the needs scheme, which also includes low and medium
PROJECT VALUE
of its diverse users, from children with learning secure forensic units as well as a gym, therapy
£75m
disabilities to older people experiencing mental rooms and shared activity space. Our team
health issues. A new emphasis on treating contributed significantly to the smooth delivery PROJECT STATUS
people in their own homes has reduced the of the project, finding innovative ways to boost Completed in 2010
number of in-patient beds required, allowing
for a smaller-scale hospital that can better
efficiency during construction. Using frost-
resistant material, for example, we reduced the
EXCLUSIVELY HOSPITAL DEPTH OF
foster individual and communal wellbeing. depth of the ground improvement foundations,
ground floor bedrooms
contribute to domestic DESIGNED GROUND
saving time and money. The adoption of 3D improvement foundations
The £75m facility, designed to be as scale and character to offer hotel-level
BIM packages also allowed full co-ordination reduced thanks to frost-
comfortable as a hotel and provide plenty of comfort and generous
of the structure and building services during resistant material
outdoor space and greenery, comprises self- outdoor space
design, ensuring there were no clashes on site.
contained wards clustered around landscaped
However pressing the demands of today, redevelopment is not possible, we apply lateral we do this within the current constraints
mental health care providers can’t afford to thinking and new design and construction our clients face: on one of our projects in
ignore the future. Demographic trends technologies to transform outdated buildings Australia, we managed to upgrade heating,
promise a sharp rise in patients with to meet modern standards of care. ventilation and electrical infrastructure within
increasingly complex needs, while climate a tight budget, while including scope for
First built in 1863, Broadmoor Hospital has Working closely with the main design and build
long provided specialist care for patients with contractor, Kier Construction, WSP | Parsons LOCATION
serious mental health illnesses. As one of three Brinckerhoff is providing civil, structural, Berkshire, UK
high secure psychiatric hospitals in England, it building services and geo-environmental
CLIENT
is an important feature of the country’s mental consultancy services to this wide-ranging
West London Mental Health NHS Trust
health landscape, but in recent years the project, which includes delivery of a 1.5km
Kier Construction
facility’s out-dated layout and ageing Victorian access road, landscaped gardens, car park and
structures have hampered modernisation of secure perimeter fencing as well as eight brand ARCHITECT
its services, making introduction of the most new buildings and four refurbishments. Gilling Dod
advanced treatment methods increasingly
The ambitious scheme has posed complex SERVICES
difficult. In order to address this, West London
challenges for the design team from the start. Civil engineering
Mental Health NHS Trust took the bold
Most notably, the need to keep the existing Structural engineering
decision to completely redevelop Broadmoor
hospital operational throughout construction Mechanical engineering
Hospital – and create a facility fit for 21st
called for a resourceful approach to phasing Electrical engineering
century mental healthcare.
and security. The hospital is also located in Public Health engineering
The £242m redevelopment project is now set countryside with Historic Parkland status, Geo-environmental
to transform the experience of both patients meaning ecologically sensitive solutions are
PROJECT VALUE
and staff. Its core is a new secure hospital, built essential. Our success in providing these is
£242m
next to the existing facility, and due to open clear from the project’s award-winning enabling
in 2017. The 234-bed complex will contain works. Sustainable features include a badger PROJECT STATUS
16 wards, as well as a physical health centre, tunnel, bat bridge and permeable pavement Due for completion in 2019
family visiting suite, therapy and education for the new access road, plus remediation SUSTAINABLE ADDITIONAL DESIGNED
rooms and a multi-faith centre. Its layout has of contaminated land. A state-of-the-art ACCESS STAFF TIME to encourage independence
been designed to enable greater levels of energy centre, equipped for later installation
road includes badger tunnel for therapeutic activities and patient engagement.
patient independence, reducing the need for of biomass and CHP technology, was built to
and bat bridge. and improvements to care.
long periods of observation and ushering by replace the hospital’s ageing boiler and provide
staff. This in turn will allow greater focus on a sustainable, resilient and cost-effective
therapeutic activities, providing a boost to energy supply for the new hospital.
patient recovery and wellbeing.
The Vitos Clinic in the small German town Construction was carried out in phases, while The new facility meets the stringent security
of Hadamar specialises in helping patients maintaining the clinic in operation. The site was standards required by a forensic institution,
overcome troubled pasts and prepare for secured by a large safety wall with an advanced with specially designed gates, extensive video
new lives free of drugs and crime. Its forensic distance strip and was monitored by elaborate surveillance and a five-metre high wall around
psychiatry unit treats victims of addiction safety technology. The wall was adapted the entire complex, among other features. But
and mentally ill offenders with diminished throughout the construction phase to ensure thanks to the latest in security technology, it is
responsibility, and strives to help them develop the smooth and safe running of the entire also easy to move around, ensuring a better
the skills necessary for social reintegration. hospital operation. healing – and working – environment for all.
Vitos has housed forensic patients in Hadamar Due to the size of the project and the large
for almost 40 years. But in May 2016, it gained number of contributors involved, it required
a new lease of life when the doors opened to a high degree of communication in order to
a brand new facility geared to its cutting-edge achieve the project targets and to maintain
clinical approach. The €40 million rebuild has efficient coordination between the ministry,
brought a range of services previously spread builder, architects and planners as well as audit LOCATION
between several outdated buildings into a authorities. Hadamar, Germany
single, state-of-the-art complex. CLIENT
Where possible, patients are given privacy with
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff was project single and double rooms, but they are also Hessen Ministry of Social Affairs
manager on the scheme, which was funded by grouped into small communities, with kitchens and Integration
the state of Hessen as part of a wider hospital and lounges shared between a maximum of ARCHITECT
renovation programme and has capacity for 162 seven people. The clinic encourages residents wörner traxler richter
patients across eight wards. Every aspect of its to take control of various aspects of their lives, planungsgesellschaft mbh
three interconnected buildings is designed to including cooking, cleaning and laundry, and
meet the needs of the specific set of patients provides them with an allowance to cover SERVICES
treated here, many of whom lack basic social expenses, which they must budget themselves. Project management
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