The story
Therapy moves outdoors into a garden designed for every sense.
At ASFA’s completed physiotherapy center in Muganza, rehabilitation already happens through movement, repetition, and trusted relationships. Project 26-209 extends that work into the landscape. The proposed sensory garden replaces a waterlogged dirt exercise path with a wheelchair-friendly loop, reliable drainage, raised planting, shaded rest, and places for assisted cycling, walking practice, play, and quiet observation. Aromatic herbs, textured grasses, edible fruit, wind chimes, climbing arches, river pebbles, volcanic rock, and a small waterscape engage sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste without separating therapy from ordinary enjoyment.
Existing fruit trees continue supporting the center’s kitchen, while pavilions, seating, a mini field, and a cave-like play mound give children, caregivers, and staff different ways to use the garden together. The final proposal was prepared for a one-stage community build in June 2026; the reviewed archive does not yet verify construction. Its central idea is clear: recovery can be active, social, and rooted in nature.
