QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku by Adrian Light

QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku by Adrian Light is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ezokwakha, Izakhiwo Nezinhlaka Competition Category.

InsimbiEzokwakha· 2020

QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku

by Adrian Light

Client: ONE20 Group Architects

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ezokwakha Category

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The Design

About QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku

I-QMC Hospital iyisikhungo sokwelashwa sosuku esitholakala esiza sase-Queens Medical Centre eNottingham, e-United Kingdom. Isakhiwo sinemikhakha eyi-15, okubandakanya izindawo zokuxilonga kanye ne-theatre suites, ngaphakathi kwezitezi ezimbili zokusebenza ezingamamitha ayisikwele angu-9,500. Uhlaka luhlelwe lugoqela i-atrium ephakathi nendawo, elingenisa ukukhanya kwemvelo ngaphakathi futhi lesekela izinga eliphezulu lokusimama. Izindawo zokuhamba zivalelwe ngengilazi ecwebezelayo. Ucwaningo olucophelela lwendawo yokuxhumana lwenza isakhiwo sancipha ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-20 kunezidingo ezivamile.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. QMC Hospital Isikhungo Sokwelashwa Sosuku iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Nottingham NHS DayTreatment Centre (NDTC) is part of a UK government initiative to provide modern state of
the art facilities equipped with the latest technology.
medical treatment and outpatient consultation rooms.
Including diagnostics and theatre suites there are 15 departments integrated into this building all providing day care facilities and treatment. By relocating these departments the hospital was able to free bed space for longer term care. This was opened as the largest Independent Sector Treatment Centre in Britain.
Dimensions & Packaging: Key facts are:-
185,000 patients per annum
9,500 sq m over two operational floors
6 years from inception to opening including all bidding stages
1,000 NHS staff on secondment from QMC
Saving features to achieve energy targets of N55 gj/100cu m/annum
Tags: Hospital,, Architecture, Sustainability, Hospital Design, NHS, Treatment Centre
Production Technology: The building is composed from modern building materials. The circulation areas are celebrated with clear glass. The tunnel connecting the new building to the old is a metal tube with slits that create a rythym of light as you walk along. Another level of research investigated how to provide additional teatments and reduce waiting times.
Design Challenge: The site was an old established hospital campus. The new building had to fit within the overall precinct, but also be a distinct element. Public art was an integral part of the brief. ONE20 established separate Art and Landscape budgets. This ensured that these elements were not lost during construction. The art was procured through design competition. The planning of the building was integral to ensuring a more efficient healthcare process. The design of treatment areas meant waiting times have been reduced and more patients have been seen than in a traditionally planned hospital.
Research: It is now becoming better accepted that natural light can play an important role in speeding up the recovery of patients. The decision was taken to maximise the access to natural light for all patients in the hospital; not an easy thing in a building with such a large footprint.
Inspiration: ONE20 designed this building around the atrium which acts as a focus for all activities and also to deliver high levels of sustainability. By looking creatively at the use of consultation space and agreeing strategy options with the consultant teams, the net building is around 20% smaller than one using standard NHS criteria.
Project Duration: The project is located on the campus of the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham UK Work commenced in 2006 and has bees modified over the past 15 years. The latest work being concluded in 2019
Operation Flow: This is largest independent treatment centre in Britain. The Nottingham Day Treatment Centre is operated for the NHS providing high quality day case procedures. Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley, stated "It is providing a good care to patients on the basis of NHS principles. It made a profit of £4 million in the six-month period to 30 June 2013, up from £2.5 million. In 2016, Circle's teledermatology service was awarded a "Clinician’s Choice Award" by private healthcare industry group Hpci Media in the Building Better Healthcare Awards
Team Members: Adrian Light
Roger Walker
Tony Kidman
Rachel Dann
Denise Filbery
Claire Walker
Jerome Healy
Image Credits: Photographer - Adrian Light