Redevelopment Schemes
DIMH 2015 conference address
Juliet Erridge and Barbara Wood’s presentation at the 2015 Design in Mental Health conference, entitled Redeveloping an asylum for the demands of the 21st century, briefly set out the approach taken to the overall site masterplan and phasing of the development, but concentrated on describing ‘how the sometimes conflicting demands of creating a therapeutic environment, meeting medium secure standards, and designing a scheme appropriate for the context of listed buildings, have been resolved’.
The design has been prepared by all consultants using BIM, and some of the lessons learned from this were presented as part of the paper. The project is currently on site due for completion towards the end of 2015.
Historically, St Bernard’s Hospital was entered through a triumphal arch with a formal axial approach to the main entrance.
directions. The name comes from the Greek mythological figure, Panoptes, who was a giant with one hundred eyes, and thus a very good watchman. At St Bernard’s Hospital there are octagonal towers linking long wards. It became one of two standard designs, and was adapted and copied at asylums across England and Wales, including Colney Hatch and Springfield.
ST BERNARD’S HOSPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY Today, West London Mental Health NHS Trust runs St Bernard’s Hospital. The Trust provides a continuum of care – from high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital, through forensic medium secure, low secure, and step-down, to local services, all on the site at St Bernard’s Hospital. There are over 300-service users living on the site. Average stay is between four and seven years.
David Morley Architects first began work at St Bernard’s Hospital in 2008 with Kier Build under the P21 framework. By this time part of the original asylum had been sold off for housing, other parts of the asylum were standing empty – derelict or closed off – and others were still in use for inpatient accommodation. The building had been listed Grade II, and the boundary wall between the site and canal had been categorised as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was clear that, without substantial changes being carried out, the original buildings were no longer suitable for the provision of modern mental healthcare.
LONG-TERM MASTERPLAN This work culminated in the development of a long-term site masterplan, which shows the
View of St Bernard’s Hospital looking through the arch of the residential and mixed use scheme proposed.
Trust’s clinical services consolidated to the south of the site in a combination of converted and new-build facilities, and the original listed asylum buildings sold off, with the land to the north of the site allocated for redevelopment and conversion into housing. The proceeds of the sale of the listed buildings and land to the north will contribute towards funding of the new and refurbished clinical facilities on the Trust retained estate to the south. In 2012, outline planning consent was granted for 277 units of new-build residential accommodation, increasing the sale value of the land, and the funds available for redevelopment of clinical accommodation elsewhere on the site.
Juliet Erridge
Juliet Erridge is an associate director at David Morley Architects. A highly experienced healthcare architect, she has worked on projects in a wide range of sectors, including physical and mental health, academic and education, residential, and sport. She also has experience in masterplanning, brief development, consultation, and work with listed buildings.
She currently leads the team working on the redevelopment of the St Bernard’s Hospital site in Ealing. The project’s scope
A sketch of the new residential block at St Bernard’s Hospital, showing the scheme in the context of the original chapel and asylum building.
includes masterplanning, development of new-build mental health facilities, conversion of listed buildings, and new build residential accommodation. Juliet Erridge is also heading up the work on the design for a new healthcare concept called a Neuro Rehabilitation Village, ‘an innovative environment for people with long-term conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s, and those recovering from neurological injuries or disease’.
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This unit will be integrated into a flexible campus within an infrastructure of new gardens and boulevards. It will provide service-users with direct contact to the outdoors and nature, spacious living accommodation, and better access to therapy and social spaces to help break down the barriers to mental health. The redevelopment project is due for completion towards the end of 2015.
REFERENCE 1 No health without mental health: A cross- government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages. HM Government, February 2011.
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