Phase 1 of new mental health facilities has been completed in Barrow-in-Furness, creating single en-suite bedrooms for 20 Patients. The development  includes a variety of lounge, dining, gym and OT spaces, access to safe and secure courtyard gardens for Patients, and vastly improved facilities for both visitors and staff . Phase 2 will be complete in early summer 2012 and will provide 15 beds for people with dementia.

The Cumbria Partnership also made a little film…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsPBKqhWJ0&feature=youtu.be

Artwork depicting local landmarks and colourful kites was celebrated at a tea party at Rivendale this month.

The glass art, running along the front elevation of the building, was created by Newcastle-based artist Gavin Marshall who worked with local school and college students as well as representatives from Broadacres, the Alzheimers Society and other stakeholders to develop the design.

Rivendale is an Extra Care facility in Northallerton developed for Broadacres Housing Association. Opened in 2010, the scheme provides high quality extra care accommodation and includes 51 individual 2 bedroom apartments plus bistro, hobby room, gardens, laundry, hair salon and bookable guest accommodation. The recently installed artwork was made possible with an Arts Council grant and is proving popular with residents and visitors.

This development of 10 apartments for Broadacres Housing Association is now complete. The building achieves Code Level 3, was completed on time and within budget. RBA Moody Bros were the principal contractor.

Each flat meets Lifetime Homes standards, features solar water heating and charging space for a mobility scooter.

 

Please see below details of a friend of mine Andrew McKeown, who is a local Sculptor based in Middlesbrough.

Andrew has taken on numerous commissions, some of which you may recognise.

More details can be found in the Library.

Visit his website :

www.andrewmckeown.com

 

 

Breaking the Mould – Dartford

 

Organism

Communities and Local Government (CLG) published the November 2010 version of the Code for Sustainable Homes on 11 November. The revised Technical Guidance document and accompanying summary of changes are available to be downloaded. Updated assessment tools and checklists are also available to download for licensed Code for Sustainable Homes assessors via the BREEAM extranet. Follow the link to the BRE http://www.breeam.org/newsdetails.jsp?id=704

Our photographer Doug Jackson visited this fabulous new development last week. The weather wasn’t too bright, but that didn’t stop the building from looking abolutely stunning. Congratulations go to the whole team at P+HS, Willmott Dixon and of course Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust who once again have instigated an inspiring development.

Work has started on Phase II of the Hartlepool Innovation Centre. This is the second building on Queens Meadow Business Park that P+HS have designed for UK Steel Enterprise Limited. The foundations are complete and erection of the steel frame is well underway [approx 70% complete]. Work on the roof is due to start later this week, whilst the concrete first and second floors are programmed to commence on 28th October.

Client: UK Steel Enterprise Limited

Architect: P+HS

Main Contractor: Mansell Construction Services Limited

Contract Value: £2.9m

Completion Date: May 2011.

 

 

Images supplied courtesy of Willmott Dixon Construction Limited.

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Willmott Dixon have installed a webcam at the Houghton le Spring Primary Care Centre site. This can be viewed by visiting this web page.

Should you wish to view the progress of this project, you will need a user name and password to gain access to the webcam. Please contact me, via email, for confirmation of both.

Joe Stenson from our Leeds office has been awarded a Merit in design for his Part II thesis. Joe says:
“heartiest of thanks to all staff for the help and support offered to me throughout the “hard fought slog” – (Geraldine) that was my Part II. The feedback and commentary received from colleagues throughout were invaluable to the general design process.”
Joe’s scheme is a Crematorium complex that amalgamates the existing facilities in the Leeds metropolitan area onto a secluded site bordered by the River Aire and the Leeds / Liverpool Canal. Key to the thesis was investigating the provision of bespoke buildings for semi-outdoor cremations, as required by those of Hindu, Sikh & Buddhist following. A few images of the scheme are shown here:

The Final boards Joe presented are available here: X:\Resources\Students\Presentations\JJS Thesis Boards if you are interested.
Congratulations Joe.

Note that whereas HBN40 ‘Common Activity Spaces Vol:2 Treatment Areas’ (now superseded) set the height of a clinical basin at 860mm to the rim, HBN 00-03 ‘Clinical and Clinical Support Spaces’ now sets the height at 800mm.

Construction has started on Porch Close (The Ardens) in Northallerton for Broadacres Housing Association. Accommodation comprises 10 apartments for rent to people over the age of 55. The project is due to be completed in February 2011.

The site is located to the rear of Porch House, the oldest house in Northallerton, and falls within the conservaton area. The building is largely traditional in appearance with some modern features such as the double height curtain walling and a glazed canopy to the entrance.

The building will achieve Level 3 under the Code for Sustainable Homes, using solar panels for water heating and high standards of thermal insulation. Each apartment has also been designed to meet Lifetime Homes, with full disabled access and storage for mobility scooters within the hall.

One of me because Steve will be disappointed if I don’t include this photo!

More updates to follow as work progresses…

As part of BREEAM and guidance from ‘The art of good health – Using visual arts in healthcare’ document, I have created a set of A3 presentation sheets with Artists that have worked with P+HS in the past and a range of new artist have been created for future reference. It’s a starting point and one that can help for future projects.

These presentation sheets have been created following input from the LINAC arts coordinator Mr. Chris Potter and James Gordon.

Artist in this project:
Shona Kitchen
Julia Barton
Kisa Kawakami

Artist:
Shelagh Wakely

Arists:
David Harben
Blow Zone
GA Aquatic

These are just some examples of what we proposed to our client at Nottingham City Campus for the new LINAC Facility.

For those in P+HS interested in seeing all the presentation sheets please access our intranet and check out Operations / Technical page.

The shortlist for the Building Better Healthcare Awards has been announced, and we’re on it!

Washington Primary Care Centre is shortlisted in the Best Primary Care Design category: developed for Sunderland Teaching PCT with Laing O’Rourke, this superb building is certainly attracting attention and recently scooped the award for Best Healthcare Building at the Northern LABC awards.
To see the full shortlist for Building Better Healthcare 2009 clickhere.

Richard Waite, AJ News Editor, has noticed that Leeds Met has changed its approach to teaching architecture and the shift is bearing fruit. At the recent select exhibition for the school’s end-of-year show, Richard said “the projects closest to the door, drawn up by post-graduate students, are impressive…Tom Potter has created a sweet, colonnaded Chipperfield-esque model for a micro brewery in Leeds.” Nice one Tom