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The "secret"
garden on Level
5 serves the
inpatient unit
and uses real
grass to provide
an inviting place
for patients and
family members
to relax.
CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK JONES
Reclaiming the roof
Despite its tight, urban campus, a significant part of
the $1.2 billion Lady Cilento Children's Hospital project focused on creating a lush, natural environment
to maximize patient healing and outcomes.
By arranging the buildings in a tiered layout, the
design team created space for 11 healing gardens
and a sloping green roof. Katharina Nieberler-Walker,
a senior associate at Conrad Gargett (Brisbane,
Australia), says these spaces are designed for different age groups and activities, including recreation,
rehabilitation, and therapy.
For example, an adventure garden on Level 6 is
designed to complement internal rehabilitation services and includes a climbing wall, basketball hoop,
and a wheelchair training ramp. The sloping green
roof provides a backdrop to this area and is covered
in no-mow grass for a visual and tactile experience.
"It's rewarding to see the surprise and delight on
people's faces who experience the sloping green
roof for the first time," she says.
Other healing gardens include a mental health
garden on Level 8, a babies garden on Level 10, and
a dedicated staff green space on Level 7. A "secret"
garden on Level 5 is located near overnight patients
to provide a retreat for patients and families.
A host of features-including shelters, green columns, and planting areas-are included within these
green spaces, as well as a variety of plants, such as
ground covers, low shrubs, orchids, climbers, and
bromeliads.
Nieberler-Walker says the plants were selected
based on their ability to withstand the extreme
rooftop conditions and the limited soil depth. The
gardens are maintained by the landscape contractors, Landscape Solutions (roof gardens) and Dig It
(on-ground landscape), under a 12-month contract,
after which time the hospital's owner will take over
maintenance.
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