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rooms, interview spaces, and administration and storage rooms. However, it’s the high-quality physical


environment which will help to promote health and wellbeing. By making the environment more


relaxing and easy to navigate, feelings of stress and discomfort often experienced in clinical environments are alleviated. Dr Paul Greatrix, registrar at the


University of Nottingham, said: “The new Cripps Health Centre offers an exemplar facility for both our university community and for generations to come.”


Going green Green in both sustainability and setting, CPMG was tasked with achieving a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating for sustainability. The green energy philosophy is


The design team used Building


Information Modelling (BIM) to inform decision-making and to secure stakeholder buy-in. During the pre-construction phase,


medical practitioners, students and representatives from the university fed back through design meetings on highly-accurate visualisations of the building and interiors created using BIM and the NHS Activity Database. This helped to inform key decisions


throughout the entire design process as well as supporting high-level co- ordination of the architecture, structures, services, and furniture.


Inspired by home In stark contrast to a typical urban health centre, Cripps Health Centre was built on a human scale and sits within the green campus. The 3,125sq m building was designed


specifically to create a patient-friendly, non-institutional environment. This has resulted in defined public


areas for visitors, with clinical rooms positioned at the rear, benefitting from landscaped views over the heart of the campus and a wellbeing garden. Separate wings have been created


to house the GP and dental accommodation, while the pharmacy sits separately, allowing optimal circulation of staff, students and visitors. The new facility enhances the user


experience by offering first-class medical facilities and a greater choice of NHS services within its 31 consultantion rooms, one four-bed GP patient observation room, pharmacy, physiotherapy room, GP enhanced procedure room, two GP treatment rooms, nine mental health rooms, one GP seminar room, and eight dental treatment rooms. These rooms are complemented by waiting areas, WC facilities, training


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brought to life through photovoltaic solar panels, a ground-source heating system, and positioning to maximise natural daylight and views onto the surrounding landscape. Nick Gregory, a director at CPMG


Architects, said: “It is essential for care environments to be patient focused, welcoming and accessible, while remaining private and secure. “The scale of this project could have


made the centre appear very institutional, but it was planned as a series of linked pavilions placed within the landscape. “The outcome is a truly-holistic, state-


of-the art centre which puts health and wellbeing centre stage. “I’m confident the new-generation


building will act as a benchmark for future primary healthcare settings across the UK.”


The project team


Architect: CPMG www.cpmg- architects.com


Main contractor: Interserve www.interserve.com


M&E, structural, and civil engineer: Arup www.arup.com


Landscape architect: Munro+Whitten www.munro-whitten.co.uk Quantity surveyor: Gleeds www.gb.gleeds.com Project management: Faithful & Gould www.fgould.com Foundations and groundworks: Stone Construction www.stoneconstruction.ltd.uk Frame: BSB Structural www.bsbstructural.co.uk Floors: Raised Floor Solutions www.raisedfloor.co.uk and Hillside Contracts www.hillsidecontracts.co.uk Fire protection, security, heating and ventilation, and plumbing: Sleaford Building Services www.sleafordbuildingservices.co.uk Roofing and external walls: T R Freeman www.kershawmechanical.co.uk Doors and windows: Fox Aluminium Systems www.foxaluminium.co.uk Interior fit-out and wall finishing: Global Contract Interiors www.globalcontractinteriors.co.uk Painting and decorating: Swirl Force www.swirlforce.co.uk


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