The newest addition to UCSF’s Mission Bay campus, the Child, Teen + Family Center aims to bring a more holistic approach to psychiatry in the novel treatments of pediatric and adolescent mental health. The design carefully frames building entries with street level planters and custom furnishings to accommodate a place to gather and dine outside the future café. The heart of the project is the roof garden, designed to offer a space for children working through trauma to engage with nature. Extensive meetings with doctors, staff and user groups guided MSLA’s design to be flexible enough to be used by children and teens with a range of sensitivities, while also providing doctors and staff a quiet respite.