Hillsborough Acute Mental Health and Life Skills Centre and Transitional Housing
A physical architectural model showing sectional and programmatic organization of a healthcare and transitional housing facility by HDR.
- What we like about this project
- Miniature trees integrated directly into the upper terrace deck level.
Materials
- wood
- cardboard
- clear-film
Visual identifiers
- architectural-model
- section-cut
- timber-massing
- sloping-roof
Style tags
- architectural-model
- contemporary
- timber-craft
Visual tags
- massing-model
- healthcare
- residential-care
- timber
- sectional-view
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical tiered section cut revealing multi-level floor plates, double-height spaces, and sloping roof forms.
- Facade system
- Punched windows and glazed curtain wall elements integrated into wood-clad exterior walls.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with platform floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Architectural presentation model scale featuring miniature figures and furniture for human proportion.
- Lighting
- Simulated warm interior lighting illuminating spaces visible behind transparent glazing elements.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, precise model presentation emphasizing warm spatial volumes and programmatic transparency.
- Environmental context
- Studio tabletop setting with black background, featuring small-scale model trees integrated around the structure.
- Spatial experience
- The sectional view reveals a continuous relationship between indoor programmatic zones and sheltered outdoor decks.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of floor plates contrasted with vertical circulation and varied roof profiles.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural presentation model
- Program
- Mental health and life skills center with transitional housing
- Perspective
- Model / Physical
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, cardboard, clear-film
- Visual identifiers
- architectural-model, section-cut, timber-massing, sloping-roof
- Style tags
- architectural-model, contemporary, timber-craft
- Visual tags
- massing-model, healthcare, residential-care, timber, sectional-view
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical tiered section cut revealing multi-level floor plates, double-height spaces, and sloping roof forms.
- Facade system
- Punched windows and glazed curtain wall elements integrated into wood-clad exterior walls.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction with platform floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Architectural presentation model scale featuring miniature figures and furniture for human proportion.
- Lighting
- Simulated warm interior lighting illuminating spaces visible behind transparent glazing elements.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, precise model presentation emphasizing warm spatial volumes and programmatic transparency.
- Environmental context
- Studio tabletop setting with black background, featuring small-scale model trees integrated around the structure.
- Spatial experience
- The sectional view reveals a continuous relationship between indoor programmatic zones and sheltered outdoor decks.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of floor plates contrasted with vertical circulation and varied roof profiles.
- Style reading
- Contemporary architectural presentation model
- Program
- Mental health and life skills center with transitional housing
- Perspective
- Model / Physical
- Discipline
- architecture