Ca’ Granda Niguarda Hospital, Milano (MI)
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This project was born from the realization of Spazio Vita Multi-Center, to support about 140 patients per year and 400 outpatients of the Unipolar Spinal Unit Ca’ Granda Hospital in Milan. The whole project has been realized with the sole support of sponsors. There are many activities such as art, music, informatics, sport, and horticulture to help people to work on their remaining abilities.
The Garden life is collocated in an abandoned area close to the Center “Spazio Vita”. It is a place open to the local community of the Hospital and to the outside community of the Niguarda District, for Hospitality, Rehabilitation, Socialization and Well-Being.
The Life Garden is made of 2 areas: a garden with 8 beautiful Celtis australis, where the guests can walk, meditate, meet, and rest; there also is an area for social activities with a big white pergola for the events and also a space for the cultivation of flowers/vegetables. The planters high for adults and kids paraplegics and quadriplegics have been planned with the help of patients. The path has been realized with a pavement in i.idro DRAIN, while the bushes have different shapes, colors, and perfumes cultivated on big surfaces to help the orientation.
The project “Cultivate health” financed by Regione Lombardia and Fondazione Cariplo, has helped the first group of 15 patients to make an experience in horticulture, making them expert gardeners, and trainers for other patients inside the Unipolar Spinal Unit.
TECHNICAL DATA SHEET.
Project: Garden Life
Where: Ca’ Granda Niguarda Hospital (MI)
Client: Associazione Unità Spinale Niguarda e ASBIN Associazione Spina Bifida Niguarda
Partners: President Multifunctional Centre Spazio Vita dott. Giovanna Oliva, social assistant Franca Tagliabue
Timeline: 2015 June, inauguration
Area: sqms 2.000