Nacadia Therapy Forest Garden | Nature–Design Triennial
Channel: Cooper Hewitt
Date: 2019-07-02

Nacadia is an active research- and therapy-based garden that promotes mental health rehabilitation for patients, specifically individuals living with post-traumatic stress disorder. Designed by landscape architect Ulrika Stigsdotter, with input from researchers in medicine, psychology, and architecture, the 2-acre garden is open year-round and contains 5 distinct outdoor rooms with fluctuating content that relates to a patient’s needs and abilities. 

On view in "Nature–Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial" through January 2020.

This video is audio described to make it more accessible.

Film by Khora

Ulrika K. Stigsdotter (Swedish, born 1971), University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark, founded 1479)