PREVIOUS PRACTICE - CARE FACILITIES - ON THE DRAWING BOARD
These projects were completed while I was at Carless and Adams. Acknowledgement and thanks to them for the use of the images and assistance on the projects.
DUDBROOK HALL
This was an existing Care Home in Brentwood that had an incredible history but was dated in terms of care requirements and suitability. It is also located in the Green Belt, so it had planning challenges for extending the facility.
The client who developed and ran the business as a family venture wanted to create an Intergenerational Care facility so incorporating a nursery facility with the elderly care. Very little precedent for this existed in the UK at the time, so we visited the first similar example in London and a very interesting and exciting design exercise followed to respect the history of the current building while retaining and enhancing the type of care provided. This achieved planning in 2019.
CARNFORTH CARE HOME
This steeply sloping and weather exposed site in Lancaster was located within a residential setting that included a listed building. The brief was to design a 120-bed care home. This would be quite large on a site with the inherent restrictions that would come with the setting and topography. The solution was to terrace the design and dig some of the building into the ground, using carefully orientated internal courtyards to provide secure, weather protected spaces. The slope facing side of the building was used for the public and common day use areas so the dramatic views could benefit everyone (residents, visitors, and staff) while bedroom suites were located in quiet locations that were set into the site with private courtyards.
The architectural forms were derived from using traditional residential scaled forms on top of a natural stone base.
DERRIFORD CARE HOME
This functioning care facility in Plymouth required more space in the form of rooms as well as common areas and a remodelled entrance. The existing building was also a dated face brick facility that had limited kerb appeal, so we introduced timber cladding and screening elements in order to enhance the current materials and highlight the facilities entrance.