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Healthcare Build & Design
Super Hospital Contract
Architect: Nightingale Associates
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ractice defies recession with largest this news and very much looking forward to this. Colour and texture will be used to define
ever win in redevelopment of working with Brookfield Construction and the different areas and functions within the complex
Glasgow’s Southern General Board over the coming years.” and to create appropriate identities. Natural light
hospital. Nightingale Associates, The new South Glasgow Hospital will form a will be maximised where possible and attention
as part of the Brookfield large part of a period of dramatic change for will be given to providing pleasing views both
Constructions UK consortium, has been client, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde inside the building and out. The use of colour
announced as the practice that will design the (the Board). Over the past ten years, it has been and other design solutions will also be used for
£840 million super hospital in Glasgow city centre. developing its Acute Services Review, which will way finding purposes, allowing users to
The New South Glasgow Hospital Campus will not modernise and revolutionise acute adult and self-navigate with ease throughout the buildings’
only be the largest contract won in the practice’s children’s health services in Glasgow. many functions.”
twenty year history, but will also be one of the The contract will be completed in four phases, The project will also be regarded, on a wider
largest hospitals ever commissioned to be built in and will be a complete transformation of the scale, as a catalyst for further economic and social
the UK. Board’s existing facilities. It will be funded by regeneration, contributing to creating higher
The practice beat two other shortlisted teams to public capital. aspirations for development in the local area.
win the contract; Laing O’Rourke with Keppie The Board requires the design to reflect the Public transport links, easy access to local
Architects and Balfour Beatty with BDP Architects. importance of the project on a whole. It needs to amenities and pedestrian routes & links will be
The new complex, for which outline planning be aesthetically stimulating and innovative, as well just some of the benefits the new complex will
permission has already been secured, will span as having a positive impact on the city’s skyline, bring. Landscaping, which will also be an integral
170,000 m
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and will be one of the largest health and create a welcoming and interesting first part of the overall design, will produce many
campuses in Europe. It will centralise acute impression. The new buildings, which need to attractive public spaces, knitting the complex into
services currently provided by three different display the highest standards in modern design, its surroundings.
hospitals and will comprise of a 1,100 bed adult have the potential to become iconic landmarks to Sustainability will also be a key element of the
hospital; 240-bed children’s hospital; laboratory the city of Glasgow, as well as setting new and design, with particular low carbon emissions
facilities and support accommodation. exciting benchmarks in healthcare in general. requirements set out by the Board. It is also
Within these facilities, the development will contain The building also needs to be sympathetic to the essential that the building achieves an excellent
many new features including a new cancer rich history of the city, compatible with the local BREEAM rating.
hospital; cardiothoracic service and cardiology environment and not appear out of scale within As part of the bidding process, the Board used
unit; two maternity units; two new ambulatory care the community, whilst also being future proof and the competitive dialogue procedure to judge each
hospitals, state-of-the-art screening laboratory and adaptable to any changes. team on certain technical and commercial
an A&E department. Neil continued, “One of the main design matters. The design stage is now expected to
Neil Murphy, Principal of the London studio, features is the integration of the adult and the start within the coming weeks, with construction of
said, “This is an extremely significant opportunity children’s hospitals. While each are separate the first phase – the adults and children’s hospitals
for Nightingale Associates. Not only for the size of buildings with their own unique identities, there are – due to start onsite in November 2010.
the contract, but also because it marks another many interlinking features that will create a strong The project will then reach final completion of
very significant step forward for us into the Scottish relationship between the two. Internally and all stages in 2015.
healthcare market. We are extremely excited at externally, the use of colour will play a major role in
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