The brief for my project came from findings in my research project about Mental Health facilities. Whilst the UK ranked very high in mental health care, it has been failing in post-release care. The aim was to provide a solution to the increasing readmission rates, in the form of a Therapeutic Community Centre. Where patients who have been in secure care could go, continue the therapy they received, and have a place where they could feel safe in the community, as well as provide residence to transition from secure care back into society. I based my project in Aston, a ward located in Birmingham, which is home to the midlands largest population of people diagnosed with severe mental health disorders. The site is the norther half of the Grade II listed, C. Brandauer Pressing Factory. Which contained two multi-storey wings, a secluded courtyard, a boiler house, and a large plot of disused land which connected to the street. Various obstacles came to light, such as the extreme level differences, narrow footprint and no clear entrance from the north. All these I believe have been addressed in the proposed scheme. The additions hope to emulate the language of the building's linear forms, which in turn, hope to give a new identity but still retaining as much of the original building as possible. The site is further divided, to connect with the public in the form of an art gallery to exhibit work produced by the users in Art Therapy. Semi-public where those wishing to continue the therapy, can come into the site and receive various forms of therapy to suit them. And private, where residents of the community, who run the centre, have a place to call home if there is no familial support outside of secure care.'