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Learning Activity

Hover over the doors and reflect on what you see behind them. 

What do you notice? What does this space communicate to the person the inside?  

Hand-drawn door close.
Hand-drawn door open showing a seclusion box from 1870, from the Kew Asylum in Victoria, Australia. The box is small enough to fit one person and has a small window in the front.
Hand-drawn door close.
Hand-drawn door open showing a seclusion room from 1986 from Saint Bernard's Hospital in the UK. The room is all white with has high, ceiling, two small windows at the very top and an individual mattress on the floor.
Hand-drawn door close.
Hand-drawn door open showing a seclusion room from 2026 in Canada. the room has a medium size window, a mattress with bedding on the floor and a metal toilet and sink.

1870

Kew Asylum

Victoria, Australia

1986

St Bernard's Hospital

UK

2026

Mental Health Unit

Canada

Learning Activity

Hover over the doors and reflect on what you see behind them.

 

What do you notice? What does this space communicate to the person inside?  

Hand-drawn door close.
Hand-drawn door open showing a seclusion box from 1870, from the Kew Asylum in Victoria, Australia. The box is small enough to fit one person and has a small window in the front.

1870

Key Asylum

Victoria, Australia

Hand-drawn door close.
Hand-drawn door open showing a seclusion room from 1986 from Saint Bernard's Hospital in the UK. The room is all white with has high, ceiling, two small windows at the very top and an individual mattress on the floor.

1986

St. Bernard's Hospital

UK

Hand-drawn door close.
Hand-drawn door open showing a seclusion room from 2026 in Canada. the room has a medium size window, a mattress with bedding on the floor and a metal toilet and sink.

2026

Mental Health Unit

Canada

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