The Department of Health and Human Services is in the process of consolidating two aging psychiatric hospitals located in Raleigh and Butner, North Carolina into a single new 432 patient room facility to be located in Butner, North Carolina. The Freelon Group in association with Cannon Design, our Psychiatric Healthcare Planner, is designing the new 450,000 square foot prototype facility.

The vision for the new hospital constitutes the conceptual foundation that will guide the development and direction of treatment services into the future. This includes new treatment models for psychiatric care that focus on normalizing connections to the landscape and providing spaces to accommodate the teaching of social skills.

The new Central Regional facility will include patient populations consisting of Geriatric, Adult Rehabilitation, Adolescent, Clinical Research, Forensic, Medical, Deaf and Pre-Trial. The facility will be centered around a Treatment Mall where the majority of the patients will receive care in a campus-like setting through structured classes to facilitate their rehabilitation. The facility also includes a cafeteria, administration, engineering, and other requirements for a free-standing state-of-the-art psychiatric hospital.

ARCHITECT OF RECORD
The Freelon Group

ASSOCIATE DESIGN ARCHITECT/ ENGINEER
Cannon Design

Model Photography: Keith Parsley Studio