Maggie S Centre Garden Design
I m delighted that my design is helping people on their journey with cancer the architect rogers stick harbour partners.
Maggie s centre garden design. The centre sits among a small wooded area and the wings of the design also help to shelter the outside seating areas meaning that visitors can enjoy sitting out for as much of the year as possible. The designer dan pearson said. Built in 2017 and the world s first engineered hardwood building maggie s oldham is clad in tulipwood and has an interior that is just as innovative and beautiful.
Amy frearson 5 october 2015 5. This makes the centre feel homely and in direct contrast to the institutional atmosphere of a hospital. Maggie keswick jencks was a designer with a passion for gardens.
A maggie s garden was also featured at the 2017 chelsea flower show highlighting the importance of environment and the role of the natural environment in rehabilitation and promoting wellness among those who are ill. At its heart the design of the maggies centre at monklands general hospital is simply a tale of enclosed gardens. As she was dying of cancer she created the blueprint for cancer care centres that recognise how design can help recovery.
Gehry s dundee centre resonates with an electric energy while a stunning garden and labyrinth designed by arabella lennox boyd is a peaceful allegory for life s complicated and puzzling journey. The word paradise entered the. The garden designed by kim wilkie attracts wildlife heightening the natural and tranquil feel and there is also a fully functional allotment.
Lily jencks daughter of maggie s co founders maggie keswick jencks and charles jencks designed the internal courtyard plantings and the wooded glades areas surrounding the centre. How design and landscape can aid and empower patients is central to maggie s centres. A garden is a civilised place a cultivated place.
Lennox boyd noted that her labyrinth is a direct nod to maggie who was a landscape designer in her own right and notes that this special project.