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the architect’s concern for nature in the building’s design.”
WATCHING MOODS CHANGE “It is delightful watching service-users’ moods change as they react to the artwork,” said Colin Vines. “We feel that art is an important building block on which we can improve our service, and in time we would like service-users to have the opportunity to sell their art to the local community.”
As healthcare architects, we understood the
importance of steering away from a building that was introverted. With the new facility situated in a beautiful landscape, we were able to frame views through the careful placement of windows to capture an ever-changing picture of the surrounding nature.”
RESPECTING HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Sitting sympathetically in its surroundings, the building design features local materials, and continues the hospital campus feel through the use of render timber and zinc. With Guernsey’s warmer climate, the design harnesses natural ventilation to cool the building and meet HSSD’s sustainability targets. As part of the new facility, IBI Group sensitively refurbished an existing Georgian Villa that was used to house the new CAMHS unit. Connected to the new adult acute facility, but with its own distinct identity, the building was carefully refurbished to maintain its period character, with modern interventions. “We felt that retaining this significant part of the site’s history was important, and the Villa defines
CAMHS as a specific function,” said Colin Vines. “It is designed to be child-friendly, with fun and engaging artwork provided by the Guernsey Arts Commission to provide a comfortable environment for this vulnerable patient group.”
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY The new facility provides a new home for community-based mental health teams and groups such as MIND and Alcoholics Anonymous, providing open plan hot-desking zones, encouraging agile working. The co-location has meant that a number of efficiencies have been achieved, including in energy consumption. “Placing all the services under one roof has meant a big culture shift for our staff, where once interacting with colleagues meant picking up the phone or arranging meetings weeks in advance,” Colin Vines explained. “The design of the building has helped to break down barriers, creating a space that inspires cross-disciplinary learning, ad hoc encounters, and more personal, face-to-face engagement.” During the process, HSSD reviewed its
therapy services to bring together nurses and social workers in a structured way, making the shift from a traditional service to one that is treatment-focused. By locating everyone in one place, the service-user has received a superior service, and when someone is ill, or there is a crisis, the teams are able to get together and resolve the problem there and then. Colin Vines said: “The Oberlands Centre has enabled us to transform our service to focus on rehabilitation and recovery, and provide a more
About the author
Andrew Street, architect and studio associate at IBI Group, is a qualified architect with over 15 years’ experience designing care facilities across the Channel Islands, Wales, and South West
England. During this time he has worked with a range of healthcare clients and stakeholders to deliver projects such as Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, Ebbw Vale in Wales, Mignot Memorial Hospital in Alderney, and the phased development at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Guernsey. His experience includes reviewing and reconfiguring healthcare estates, culminating in award-winning, best practice architectural solutions. Underpinning this skill is a desire to create healing environments that enhance the patient journey, advance clinical outcomes, and enable positive connections with the communities they serve.
stable environment for our staff and service- users. Working closely with the community, we have been able to offer better training and access to employment, and attract more staff, meaning we are more successfully supporting each individual on their road to wellbeing.” •
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THE NETWORK
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