Architecture firm NBBJ has integrated a series of curved buildings into a sloped California site to create an "inclusive, healing environment" for a behavioural health campus for adolescent patients.
The 55,600 square foot (5,165 square metres) campus is located in Monterey and serves as a local and adolescent-focused branch of Montage Health, a California-based non-profit that offers physical and mental health services across the state.
NBBJ has created a behavioural health campus in California. Top photo by Sean Airhart. This photo by Amy Tang
The Ohana Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (Ohana) offers a range of care for pediatric patients and their families who are experiencing conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The campus is composed of two long, waving volumes that enclose central gardens and a gymanisum, which is located in a third, smaller building.
It is composed of three curving volumes. The photo is by Sean Airhart
Each volume was clad in a prefabricated facade made of thin slats of wood that are regularly punctuated by large, rectangular windows.
They contain a range of care facilities, including a residential area, outpatient care, a crisis care unit and amenities such as a cafe.
Primarily constructed using cross-laminated timber, the buildings' design follows the latest neuroscience research to create "an inclusive, healing environment" for patients and caregivers alike, a...