Acadia Hospital

Patterned on the metaphor of the New England “farm-house, barn, and field,” design elements and landscape treatment of this freestanding behavioral healthcare facility reflect features found throughout the region: stained clapboard, wood shingles, simple profiles, hedgerows of red maple and ornamental trees, and meadows of natural grasses. A new 3-story structure houses admissions, dining, crisis intervention and a100-bed inpatient component. An existing obsolete osteopathic facility was renovated to accommodate administration, a day hospital, education, and occupational therapy, with exterior renovations mirroring the design character of the new construction. Between the two buildings is the new main entry to the hospital (the “barn”), designed as an interior loft space featuring natural materials, textures, and lighting. Beyond this lobby, a gymnasium used for physical therapy and recreation repeats the same “barn” profile at a greater scale. An enclosed wood-and-glass loggia, the primary circulation corridor, links all three buildings, providing views to exterior courtyards and a means of patient orientation.