ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
The approach set by landscape architect, Camlins, is to ‘keep it wild’ – by retaining existing habitats and creating habitat gradients, ‘transitioning seamlessly from woodland to clearings of highly biodiverse wildflower meadows’.
future needs. This ensures that patients have short travel distances between departments, optimising care delivery efficiency, enabling rapid response to emergencies, and facilitating interdepartmental collaboration for staff. We are committed to using low embodied carbon, bio-based materials that support a circular economy throughout the design process. Timber, a renewable resource, has been specified for the Lolfa, Radiotherapy, administration areas, and internal and external wall cladding. We have also selected natural interior materials such as lime and clay renders which are breathable, flexible, and anti-fungal, intending to deliver a natural calming environment for staff, patients,
Timber, a renewable resource, has been specified for the Lolfa, Radiotherapy, administration areas, and internal and external wall cladding.
their families, and visitors. By integrating these materials, we hope
to create a harmonious and nurturing atmosphere that promotes healing and supports the wellbeing of everyone who enters the building. Our design not only considers patients’ physical health, but also recognises the built environment’s impact on mental and emotional health. Our whole life carbon analysis has
determined material choices, prioritising healthy, biobased, low-carbon materials, and local sourcing, in balance with ‘cradle to gate’ and the potential for future recovery and reuse. Designed to meet the highest sustainability and energy efficiency standards and achieve a minimum BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’, the scheme
will be all-electric, supporting low energy demand and low operational carbon. Electrical supplies will be carefully
tested to meet the primary building demands for heating, cooling, pumped systems, and medical equipment. Meanwhile, our building services design adopts a low-carbon approach at every level, with a passive-first approach that optimises the building fabric, orientation, and opportunities for natural and mixed ventilation to non-clinical areas. The overall design, meanwhile, uses a fabric- first approach, optimising the façade performance, building orientation, and opportunities for natural daylighting and ventilation first. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) will be integrated, with ‘roof to river’ drainage with no plastic in the ground, a swale network, and a retention pond, which form attractive amenity areas for everyone to enjoy.
Divided into three parts The Centre will be divided into three parts: high-tech, medium-tech, and low-tech.
Below left: The interior reception area. Left: ‘Low-tech’ spaces will be complete timber frame construction, ‘celebrated and exposed to view’.
Below right: The expansive entrance space, featuring generous ceiling heights, and natural light and materials, is known as the ‘Lolfa’ (the Welsh for ‘lounge’).
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