Robin House

The brief for Robin House was essentially another Rachel House adapted to suit the site, with facilities for the provision of respite care for eight families at any one time, also catering for teenagers and providing a hydrotherapy pool. The accommodation includes: medically equipped sleeping quarters, administration offices; a seminar space; a communal kitchen-living-dining space; staff accommodation; a teenagers “den”; therapy rooms including a snozelen room (light therapy) and soft-play room, bereavement suite and quiet room. The brief explicitly called for a design that was non-institutional. The description used by CHAS was ‘welcoming home away from home’, one which would be appealing to children and young people.