Architects Atkins are tasked with the design of the refurbished and extended building that will become a state-of-the-art proton beam facility by 2017
Proton beam cancer treatment offers new hope for patients but also poses design challenges for architects Atkins. Jess Unwin finds out more
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ntegrating cancer treatment technology that’s as yet unavailable in the UK is the challenge for architects working on the £30 million transformation of a health
care centre in Newport, Wales. Celtic Springs Cancer Centre is to be the first place in the
UK where cancer sufferers will be treated using proton beam equipment. This specialised form of radiotherapy hit the headlines in 2014 when Brett and Naghmeh King took their son Ashya from a hospital against doctors’ wishes so that he could get the treatment overseas.
Atkins are the architects tasked with the design of a building
that used to be a clinic aimed at weight-loss and aesthetic plastic surgery but which will become a state-of-the-art proton beam facility by 2017. That will be achieved through internal refurbishment
and modification of the existing building and two new specialist extensions – one to house a vault for the proton beam equipment, the other to accommodate a vault for a ‘traditional’ radiotherapy linear accelerator. Mike Bool, the lead architect for Atkins on the project, says:
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