Capital health : London's new health care estate / [NHS Capital Investment Unit for the London Strategic Health Authorities].

  • National health services - Great Britain
Date:
2005
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Capital health : London's new health care estate / [NHS Capital Investment Unit for the London Strategic Health Authorities]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | State of the art surgical theatres are provided on Level 1 (lower ground); entrance, reception and outpatient facilities are on Level 2 (ground), with day case and | short-stay directly above. The top three floors are for | inpatients in wards with 80% single rooms. At each level, patient areas are located at the periphery to maximise daylight and views. Internal cores provide for support areas. In certain places these cores take on wave forms that contribute to a child-friendly environment. Oldatsvarcaniicelalaniciaiece<cialerclaver arcmanlerciselcsc aero (e (sean _ placement of family areas and play areas adjacent to light-filled atria, the extensive use of internal glazing, the provision of art to be created by patients and professionals - and the thoughtful use of materials, __ colour and details that connote the high level of clinical care on offer. | The need to maximise site utilization, coupled with the desire to enable daylight to penetrate the building, informed its massing, which consists of an “E” shaped © plan that creates two atrium spaces, and a stepped- back top that créates useful terraces at upper levels. A materials palette of glass, stone, metal and brick give the building a modern contextual quality that conveys its nature as a state of the art medical facility within a
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