#designandcommunity

[calmarsden123]

Today we presented our masterplans to our client Rory O’Connor at the NHS for our live design and community project at Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds. The brief was to redesign two courtyard spaces within the hospital grounds one for dermatology and the other physiotherapy.

My group designed the physiotherapy courtyard offering both functional and therapeutic spaces for both patients and staff to work and relax. Using different colours and textures to mimic realistic activities outside of the hospital. It was good working in a group as we delegated different tasks to all members which seemed to speed up the process and enabled us to be more time efficient.

I was nervous presenting to Rory as i had never done it before however It was exciting to work with a live client as it has given me a valuable experience for working in practice.

[calmarsden123]

Ive enjoyed spending my evening drawing up rough ideas and experimenting with the scale for my pergola design at Chapel Allerton Hospital for the NHS in our Design and Community Project.

The overall shape follows the strong radial geometry of the masterplan which comes from the dominent butan pine tree in the centre of the space. The thin wooden cross rails mimic the natural characteristics of the pine needles from the butan pine tree.

Tapered cross rail edges create a naturalistic connection back to the edges of the tree canopy.