Physical and natural environment features can encourage the recovery and rehabilitation of d patient in health care organizations. Thus, it is vital for rehabilitation center to incorporate a pleasant and natural surrounding for the patients to recover and heal. Hence, this work presents a proposal on developing a mental rehabilitation center at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For this work, five case studies were analysed and the total net area of 21000 m2 is estimated for the center. The rehabilitation center is comprised of administration area, medical unit, staff office and amenities, accommodation area, sports and entertainment zone, educational area and atrium courtyards. Furthermore, 3 sites were proposed as the area of development. Based on site evaluation score, site 1 which is located at Obhor North side of Jeddah City was selected as the construction site. The proposed mental rehabilitation center is designed based on green healing spaces. Furthermore, the layout of the mental rehabilitation center is designed with elements of comfort, privacy, interaction and incorporation of natural healing environment.
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