![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, a perimeter infrastructure of built-in planters, vine screens, trellises, and wooly pockets were used to create green surfaces which also defined and unified the landscape spaces while working within the parameters of the given space. Size limitations and the residual layout of the existing buildings created a challenge for this project. Two crossing paths form simple braids-one that connects two stone seating area destinations and one that travels over varying surface paving types to a graduated sequence of steps and ramps meant for relearning mobility. The under-utilized parking area was reconfigured to create a vibrant and inhabitable entry garden. Staff, patients, and visitors now approach through a garden setting with shade trees, pathways, and quiet seating areas for gathering and visiting with family. The design relocated the former emergency vehicle parking area that served as the main pedestrian entry to the facility. The new Entry Garden creates a pleasantly improved front door for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center facility. The staff and facilities collaborated on the development of these two previously peripheral landscape areas-an old concrete utilities court and an abandoned ambulance drop-off-with a strong desire to integrate therapy activities such as mobility training and therapeutic gardening for patients, in addition to family visitation. The new landscape master plan proposed by INTERSTICE Architects for the El Camino Hospital resulted in the transformation of two previously neglected spaces to create two new outdoor assets for rehabilitation: an Entry Garden and a Therapy Courtyard. ![]()
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