Craigshill Learning Disability Centre

The new Craigshill Learning Disability Centre can accommodate up to 110 service users and 23 members of staff and is restricted to a single storey so as to maximise accessibility.

The entry courtyard at the front comprises a drop-off area for mini-buses, a forecourt specialised suites and café terrace space

Internal circulation is organised along a principal axis and corridor from which all services and amenities are accessed. It extends across the entire width of the accommodation as an amenity and activity space, enjoying high levels of natural light, and promoting passive observation and social interaction,

A large, communal therapy garden is formed at the centre of the scheme, generously planted and providing amenity space for adjacent rooms and suites.

The building form is simple and brings efficiency to construction and buildability interests by maintaining a constant section throughout its length. macmon’s project experience includes many health projects, the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital especially, in which it has endeavoured to harness efficacy of natural light and in this project, storey height, external screens to key activity rooms, dining and café spaces are employed to exploit views and aspect of the adjoining woodlands.

Wings, extending from the principal accommodation block, provide space for specialty suites, art room and music rooms and form enclosure to the communal garden space into which they open.