The scheme successfully strikes a fine balance between providing safe, low secure accommodation while fostering a sense of domesticity throughout. Safe fixtures, fittings and robust background fabric were conceived and composed to be discreet and integral to the design of the buildings rather than ‘add-on’ features.

Developing the design closely with input from the young inhabitants has ensured that the building responds directly to their needs. It cleverly avoids the institutional characteristics of a traditional mental health building whilst providing a safe and salutogenic environment.