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The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow utilises a Scandinavian-inspired model of care to provide an environment for recovery
A home from home A
ground-breaking new hospice has become the first in the UK to follow the Scandinavian-
inspired ‘Sengetun’ model of care, promoting a home-from-home environment that also protects patient privacy. Translating as ‘bed courtyard’, the design approach is based on research
that suggests the aesthetic design of a healthcare building has a measurable impact on patient wellbeing, and it has been used to inform the development of the £21m Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park. Designed by Ryder Architecture; the
5,840sq m building comprises a 16-bed inpatient unit, including young adults’ bedrooms; with associated support and family spaces including large kitchens, day services and outpatient units, an educational area, and administration and clinical offices over three storeys. It supports 1,200 patients and their
families from a geographical area that spans Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Cambuslang and Rutherglen, with a population of about 345,000.
From city to park Set in 7.5 acres of parkland on a site gifted to the charity by Glasgow City Council; it was designed with a form that mediates between the city it serves and its parkland setting. In the detailed specification of the
materials for the building, consideration was given to green issues such as low embodied energy, responsible sourcing, and sustainability and environmental performance. And it enables the organisation to expand its services and offer 21st-
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century palliative care to young people over the age of 16 for the first time. Ryder and main contractor, Balfour
Beatty, wanted to deliver a purpose- built, innovative and exemplary palliative care facility that delivers form as well as function in response to a brief which called for a warm, welcoming and non- clinical entrance and interior in a quality environment with interior and exterior materiality. This includes the use of Welsh Slate for
the roofing and cladding features. Penrhyn Heather Blue Celtic grade
270mm x 180mm roof slates, specified for their aesthetics and robustness, are complemented by a cladding veneer of the same colour over a total of 1,400sq m of the outer façade layer of ‘protective' eaves and bedroom terraces. This complements the buff-coloured
Petersen brickwork and bronze-coloured metal panels used on the inner layer of the façade.
Reducing impact Projecting eaves features in the same slate are also utilised on the northern and southern gable facades to express the prominent building ends. And, in addition, Welsh Slate Penrhyn
Heather Blue walling features on a large internal chimney hearth. To negate the potential sprawl of the complex brief and adjacencies, the
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