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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

NBBJ

Location: Monterey, California, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 12/1/2023
Program type(s): Health Care – Clinic
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 453024
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 55600
Project substantial completion date: 12/1/2023
Climate zone: 10A
Project site: Greenfield (previously undeveloped land)
Project team: 
Architect: NBBJ
Interior Architect: NBBJ
Engineer – MEP: Integral Group
Engineer – Structural: Fast + Epp
Engineer – Civil: Whitson Engineers
Landscape Architect: BFS Landscape Architects
General Contractor: South Bay Construction
Acoustics: Antonio Acoustics
Food Service: NG Associates
Life Safety Code: Jensen Hughes

Project Overview:
An increasing number of children and teens, currently one in five in the US, experience a mental health disorder, which is further compounded by a lack of psychiatric beds, residential care facilities, and lower-than-average funding. Breaking away from the traditional notion of mental health facilities—prison-like, padded walls, windowless rooms and fences—the design of the Ohana campus heals rather than isolates. Nestled into a picturesque hillside of woodland chapparal and coast live oaks, Ohana creates an enveloping sense of calm. Its restorative spaces, inspired by neuroscience research, create inviting respite spaces for patients, caregivers and loved ones.

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