CAMHS FACILITIES
Figure 4: A ground floor site plan.
Figure 6: Design visuals of the proposed new main entrance and pedestrian town centre link.
Figure 5: The site plan and floorplate for the Inspire facility.
damaged by flooding a couple of years ago. It previously remained unoccupied and partially damaged. The whole site lies in a tidal surge area, so, following extensive consultations with the local environment agencies and local authority, the finished design incorporates flood mitigation measures – including raised floor levels, places of safety, enhanced drainage and attenuation measures, flood protection barriers, and resilient M&E installations.
Concept design
L-shaped wards were ‘re-imagined’; the wards make the best use of natural light by being arranged to face south, while the supporting facilities, such as reception, visiting areas, therapy spaces, and the school, form the spine of the building, located to the north of the wards. The
main entrance is located centrally to the building, with visiting rooms and the tribunal suite located there. Turning left from the entrance is the general adolescent ward, as well as therapy spaces and the school. Turning right from the entrance are the PICU ward, therapy spaces, facilities management rooms, and plant spaces. Within the general adolescent ward, there are seven general bedrooms and two accessible bedrooms, each facing south into garden space. At the corner of the ‘L’ shape in the centre of the ward are the lounge, dining area, activity room, staff
office, and clinic. Connecting this ward with the PICU are two further bedrooms that can be part of the general ward, or ‘swing’ to be part of an extra care area. (offering increased intake flexibility). The PICU also has the day spaces in the centre of the ward, with the bedrooms out to the wing. The ward forms are used to enclose garden spaces to provide a safe and secure external environment for service-users, screened from nearby residential areas/busy streets (Fig 4).
Massing, form, and materials This project has been designed around the needs of service-users. A safe and secure healing environment has been the key priority for the client. The architecture has been designed to have elements that are residential and familiar-looking. Pitched roofs and gables have been used to reflect the residential area, but in a contemporary manner. Likewise, the use of brick in the elevational treatments gives a human scale. Service-users and staff have helped develop the proposals through a series of consultation events held in conjunction with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust clinical teams.
Figure 7: The original art strategy by Gilling Dod Associates. THE NETWORK | JANUARY 2021
Careful use of scale, massing, and rhythm, has been used to place the building in a residential context. Non-institutional and simple, and designed with clarity. By incorporating the existing adjacent Children’s Centre, and bringing the building back to life, the new development has acted as a regeneration and re-imagining of
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