St Leonards Clinic, St Leonards, NSW
St Leonards Clinic is a private 7 storey mental health clinic designed to replace the client’s former 50 year old building.
The brief for the 112 single bedroom clinic aimed to provide
a hotel like patient and carer experience. A neutral colour palette of earthy
tones creates a warm interior environment with a choice of specialist and
recreational therapy settings. 24 private Consulting Suites are co-located with
the main clinic, with a dedicated street level entry. Parking is provided on
two basement levels with secure parking, guest parking, back of house
facilities and a discreet patient transfer zone.
The facility provides a variety of guest focused services
which are central to the client’s ethos for delivering exceptional, high
quality and specialist care. The unique facilities include a restaurant style
dining room, day spa, art centre, activity room, gymnasium, cafe and
demonstration cooking kitchen. In all instances the specialist spaces blend
indoor and outdoor spaces together with terraces, sky gardens and balconies,
all with integrated landscape features.
STH took the client’s brief to provide a place of recovery
and wellness as inspiration to create a holistic response with both the
architecture and interior design. The building mass is articulated with
balconies, views and outlook from the building.
Shadows from balcony screening breathe life onto the façade with shadows
playing on form whilst creating interest and appeal from the street.
Limited external spaces were enlivened with lush green
plantings. STH wove a leaf motif into the façade to each of the full height
balconies, giving a subtle pattern to the mesh and casting interesting,
delicate shadows within the balcony spaces. This pattern is repeated within the
building as a motif on internal glazed screens. Timber look finishes and natural toned tiles were used
extensively to enhance the natural interior emphasis.
PROJECT SIZE: 8900 m
2
STATUS: Completed 2018
CLIENT: Ramsay Health
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tyrone Branigan
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