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team and artist and designer, Adele Howitt from Studio Eleven Gallery, who was commissioned to design the interior concept. Andrew Ledger, contracts manager
for Apleona, which provides facilities management for the building, said: “We had a very-specific idea of what we wanted the centre to look like. “A relaxed and homely atmosphere
was essential. However, a priority was, of course, infection control, hygiene, durability and quality.”
Individual personalities Howitt added: “I wanted each of the birthing rooms in the new centre to have its own individual style, personality, textures and colours, with the feel of a chic boutique hotel. But I chose an overall theme to link them, which was flowers of Egyptian mythology, one for each room — Lotus, Persea, and Jasmine. “Rather than hanging pictures on the
walls, I wanted to create more-profound artistic design features in the birth and shower rooms, so I used Altro Whiterock Digiclad to create statement walls from floor to ceiling. “This is a fantastic product for
design-led projects because you can print any image or photograph onto it and the quality is superb.” The team chose Altro Whiterock
Satins for the shower rooms. Howitt said: “These wall products
Revealing how innovative surfaces are helping to transform the interior of a new birthing unit in Hull
Material choice makes an impact on birthing unit
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complete wall and flooring solution has helped to create a home-from-home environment
for mums-to-be at the new birthing centre at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital. The midwife-led Fatima Allam Birth Centre was designed to give women a
more-natural childbirth experience and comprises three birthing rooms, each individually designed to create a homely and relaxed feel, while also providing a safe, hygienic environment. This approach extends to the key
surfaces, with wall and flooring products from Altro specified by the project
enabled me to create some exciting and innovative designs for each room and gave me enormous scope to create the look and feel I wanted of stylish calm, individual strength and beauty, without having to compromise. “The Lotus room has a beach theme,
with grey painted walls. There I used Altro Whiterock Digiclad on three statement walls, with a stylised image of enlarged grains of sand. “In the Lotus shower room, I chose an
image of a wave on one wall, and on the three remaining walls Altro Whiterock Satins in Cream. “Persea has a forest theme, and for
this room I chose a monochrome wood grain image for the walls. In the shower room, the wall sheet depicts pebbles. “The Jasmine suite is all about
meadows. The wall sheet features beautiful pastel lilac, green and cream wild flowers, while the shower room has a lovely pale lilac called Malva for the Whiterock Satins walls, and an image of shifting grey sand.”
Finding your way She also designed panels for the doors using Whiterock Digiclad which matched the corridor wallpaper. For the flooring in the bedrooms
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