ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Light courts throughout the inpatient pavilions allow for clear views across wards for both patients and staff, opening up interiors and filling spaces with natural daylight, avoiding a sense of isolation for patients.
Landscape design
Landscape design, in collaboration with landscape architects, Fira, promotes integration between the external and internal spaces. Wards are surrounded by garden spaces, some of which play an integral part in therapeutic practice, while palliative care bedrooms have their own private gardens, with dedicated space for beds to be wheeled outside, allowing patients to experience the external environment. Paul Bell, a partner at Ryder Architecture, and design team leader, said: “The new hospital is a great example of what can be achieved by effective collaboration, a pioneering approach to technology, and a passion to deliver to the highest quality. That approach has delivered our collective vision for a new hospital without compromise, an uplifting people-centred environment connected to its wonderful landscape setting for the effective and efficient delivery of healthcare for the people of Dumfries and Galloway.”
As lead clinical designer for the new hospital, I know that hospitals are increasingly focused on creating environments that improve the experience for patients, families, and staff. With the themes of comfort and wellbeing foremost in our minds, we have designed a therapeutic and inspirational new hospital for Dumfries, one that serves as a prototype for other healthcare developments in the future.” Roger Frost, project leader at Laing O’Rourke, added: “We are proud to have delivered this hospital on time, with our experience in the health sector having
The Project
The team High Wood Health
Architects Contractor
Structural Engineer
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer Landscape architect
Key facts Campus size
Total building area Number of beds Staff on site
Population served Overall project value Car parking spaces
Laing O’Rourke Serco
Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners Ryder Architecture and NBBJ Laing O’Rourke WSP
Hoare Lea Fira
50 acres
63,500 m2 344
2,000 (approximately) 148,000
£212 million Almost 1,000
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The low-rise design, with pitched roofs, breaks up the mass of the hospital, allowing it to sit harmoniously within its surroundings, and creates 17 courtyards and gardens.
responsibility we never took for granted, which was reflected in our approach, but also our engagement and commitment to the community here in the south-west of Scotland.”
Three distinct elements The building comprises three distinct elements: n A diagnostic and treatment centre that forms the linear core of the hospital.
The façades of the central block are clad in honey-coloured pre-cast panels that mirror the local Glasgow Blonde stone.
helped us to provide certainty of delivery and a commitment to innovation and excellence. As a business and a project team we were keen to meet and deliver the vision set out by NHS Dumfries & Galloway, but also the aspirations of so many people in this region who will benefit from the new services and facilities in the years to come. It was a
n Three interconnected inpatient wards that project out into the landscape, each with its own garden.
n A Women and Children’s unit, featuring an internal courtyard and dedicated children’s garden, that is linked to the main building, but is served by its own separate entrance.
Externally the building has been designed to be sympathetic to its rural Scottish environment. The façades of the central block are clad in honey-coloured pre-cast panels that mirror the local
The architects Ryder Architecture
Ryder was established in Newcastle in 1953, and now also has teams in London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Hong Kong, and Vancouver. Projects range in value from £50,000 to £300 m in the civic, education, healthcare, infrastructure, leisure, manufacturing, office, residential, retail, and science sectors.
NBBJ
NBBJ is an architecture and design firm founded in 1943, which claims to be ‘an industry leader in healthcare, science/research, and corporate facilities’, and has a strong presence in the commercial, civic, education, and sports markets. It has more than 700 employees in 10 offices worldwide. The practice’s London studio designed the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital, currently under construction.
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