Community & Business
28 June, 2024
Western NSW LHD provides first look at Dubbo Residential Rehabilitation Centre design
Two artist impressions of the proposed Dubbo Residential Rehabilitation Centre. One features an aerial view, while the other is a street view from Spears Drive. Artists impressions courtesy of Western NSW Local Health District.
Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) provided the first look at the proposed Dubbo Residential Rehabilitation Centre last week.
In a recent media release, an artist impression of the facility’s initial concept design ahead was made public ahead of the latest round of community consultation activity held last week.
After receiving valuable feedback from the community during a range of consultation activities in March, WNSWLHD held a pop-up design exhibition and several guided community site walks last week, to provide more insight into the design thinking and process.
WNSWLHD chief executive Mark Spittal said in a media release that the project’s design team, headed by Fulton Trotter Architects, has worked hard to apply the feedback received from the community and ensure the clinical, environmental and cultural needs of the facility are met in its design.
“This is the next step for us to bring this important development to fruition and provide much-needed, critical health infrastructure for people in Western NSW who want to address their substance dependency, and safely integrate back into the community,” Mr Spittal said.
“Input and feedback from extensive consultation has been incredibly important to our planning and design phase, not just from the Dubbo community, but also from health professionals and the Aboriginal community.”
Mr Spittal believes that this continual dialogue and interaction ensures community feedback has been noted and considered.
“It has ensured our design team has been able to understand and address any concerns people may have had, in particular to ensure the design of the centre fits the existing streetscape, provides privacy and is culturally safe and appropriate,” he said.
“It’s important to remember the design of the centre is not complete, but the current plan reflects an understanding of community feedback, along with Connecting with Country design principles, therapeutic requirements and local design and landscape principles.”
