Stobhill Hospital

Contract Value

£65M

Area

28,000m2

Completion

2009

Client

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

Contract

PPP

Architects - Reiach and Hall Architects

End User Client - NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

PFI Consortium Leaders - Canmore Partnership

Main Contractor - Balfour Beatty

Civil and Structural Engineers - SKM

DSSR - M&E Engineers

Fire Engineers - SAFE

Landscape Architects - Horner & MacLennan

Acoustic Consultant - New Acoustics

CDMC - Capita

Project Managers - Adams Consulting Artists

Lead Artist - Thomas A Clark

Andreas Karl Schultze, Donald Urquhart, Kenneth Dongwall, Olwen Shone, Alec Finlay

Awards

RIBA National Award 2010

BCIA - Prime Ministers Award for Better Public Buildings 2010

Design and Health International Academy Awards 2010

Public Private Finance Awards 2010

Building Better Healthcare Award 2009

Glasgow Institute of Architects Award 2009

Roses Design Awards_Architectural Grad Prix and Public Building

Award 2009

New Stobhill Hospital for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, represents the first of its kind to open in Scotland. Procured under PPP, the brief was for a true ACAD (ambulatory care and diagnostic) facility. The ethos behind the project is that the patient comes first: all medical tests and consultations will be carried out on the same day on the same site if possible, and if a medical procedure is required, the patient will be given a fixed appointment date there and then. New Stobhill Hospital contains over 20 departments and will serve over 2,000 patients a day. The aim of New Stobhill is to contribute to the overall quality of the environment for patients, visitors and staff as well as make connections with the cultural life and regeneration of the city. The surrounding area has challenging social and health problems and neighbours the 1960’s ‘Red Road’ tower blocks that home asylum seekers. New Stobhill introduces an exemplar facility that addresses significant deprivation and brings opportunity to the community.

New Stobhill has a deceptively simple diagram – two blocks of accommodation, the north treatment block and the south consulting block, connected by the full height, glazed public arcade which acts as the main entrance and circulation space. All patient accessed departments are entered off the arcade, so from one space you can see your point of arrival/exit and the reception point for the clinic you are attending. A strong diagram for the use of the site, a careful crafting of spaces and the organisation of the building has, as its principal driver, a consideration for the emotional wellbeing of the patient.

The design has been carefully developed to provide a supportive framework throughout the patient journey and is supported by an ambitious arts programme to lighten the hospital experience and convert endured time into reflective time. Text works, colour works, projection works and wall drawings appear throughout the open spaces. The landscaped courtyards, the colour and furniture strategy of the building along with the creation of a sanctuary space are central to this innovative project. The design is undertaken with care, care which is communicated to the patient.

Energy efficiency has been wholeheartedly embraced and a NEAT rating of “Excellent” was achieved and 65% of waste materials were recycled during construction. As far as possible the building is naturally lit and courtyards bring daylight deep into the plan.

“It’s a stunning hospital...There is no reason why patients shouldn’t feel positive when they go there. It’s not dark or dingy. It is lovely and light. All hospitals should be designed like the Stobhill site in the future.”

Margaret Watt of the Scottish Patients Association