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New era for country’s biggest GP surgery W
ork has started on the construction of the country’s biggest GP surgery at the
University of Nottingham. Faithful+Gould are managing the
3,000sq m build at the University Park Campus after planning permission for the scheme was granted earlier this year. The work will see the replacement of
the existing Cripps Health Centre, which will be the largest surgery by patient number in the UK. Due to open next summer, CPMG
Architects wanted to create a residential- scale building that sits harmoniously in the green, environmentally-friendly spaces of the campus.
Looking like a pavilion in a park, rather
than the usual interpretation of an urban health centre; the design aims to balance a highly-efficient, standard plan with a non-institutional, patient-friendly environment inspired by domestic spaces. Facilities will include clinical consulting
rooms, minor operations suites, a patient observation bay, physiotherapy areas, dentist treatment rooms, a pharmacy, and a mental health suite, as well as training rooms and offices.
A domestic feel Elsewhere, high-quality landscaping will play a fundamental role, with the two wings of the building creating a courtyard space with a wellbeing garden featuring medicinal planting. The GP and dental services will be
located in separate wings which pivot along the contours from a shared double-height central space hosting the entrance and reception. The pharmacy will be independent of
the wings, occupying a prominent position towards the car park and reinforcing an existing axis within the Cripps Hall. Speaking to hdm, architect, Nick
Gregory, a director at CPMG, said: “The location is right in the centre of the campus in a large green space, so a key thing with the design was to limit the impact of what was a large building and to ensure it sat comfortably in that location. “We have used accommodation slim
wings to help with scale and daylight and a natural palette of materials, taking inspiration from other buildings on this part of the campus.”
He added: “A domestic feel was key
and this has been achieved through the various adjacencies, which ensure people only access clinical areas where there is a need to, helping to preserve privacy and aiding infection prevention and control. “In terms of GP rooms and clinical
areas, we have designed the building to meet current standards, but in non- clinical areas we have tried to create something a bit more friendly, rather than a typical medical environment.
Sympathetic design “There is a wonderful double-height entrance space and waiting rooms with exposed timber structure. This gives these areas a much-softer and more- sympathetic feel. “Because of the size of the building
circulation routes are quite long, but these are broken up with smaller spaces along the way.” The building was designed in
conjunction with feedback from staff and students who were shown BIM 3D models. Gregory said: “The use of BIM and
Activity Data Base was really useful for us during the design phase as it ensured a seamless process with stakeholders and allowed everyone to see what we are getting. “Using BIM allowed us to see the
rooms as they will look, rather than asking healthcare professionals to look at and understand architectural plans.”
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