This building responds to the notion of ‘negative exchange’ by tackling difficult issues surrounding drug rehabilitation treatment. Located right on the borders of Hampstead Heath, next to the swimming ponds, the design blurs the threshold between nature and architecture to offer a sense of calm within the city. Patients are able to engage in gardening work or collecting timber from the Heath to help to make the building they happen to be temporarily residing in. For the first project, the chapel on the NoHo site is punctured at low level by a smoke-filled tunnel to create a surreal urban experience.
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The vicious cycle of an addict,
Rehabilitation centre: ground floor plan,
Short section through communal space
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Programmatic collage: the life of the addict,
Exploded Axonometric,
Long section through detox centre.
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