Caboolture GP Super Clinic | Wilson Architects
Caboolture GP Super Clinic
Wilson Architects has set the benchmark for healthcare design, with Caboolture?s new GP Super Clinic.
Unlike institutional designs traditionally employed by clinics, the $8M facility features vertical gardens, fish ponds and an atrium to foster a feeling of healing and respite.
Caboolture local Fiona Heckelmann says the light-filled spaces provide an organic and calming atmosphere.
?From a patient?s perspective, it?s revitalising and refreshing ? because of the fact that you?re surrounded by nature and life,? Fiona says.
Photography: Alex Chomicz
?When a building makes you feel this good you just know that at the very beginning, someone stood here and considered all of the factors ? light, space, breezes, ergonomics, and most importantly, how it was going to be used.?
Wilson Architects? design approach focuses on the experience of the occupants and visitors using a Salutogenic approach ? a method coined by professor of medical sociology, Aaron Antonovsky. This approach promotes wellbeing in healthcare, and focuses on factors that support human health, rather than on factors that cause disease.
Caboolture GP Super Clinic Executive Director David Hooper says ?there?s a very strong link between feeling good, and being well. The focus [at our Super Clinic] is on being well and staying well ? we?re focused on the system of the wellness concept.?
Photography: Alex Chomicz
Wilson Architects? intent was to facilitate a positive human experience throu...
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