UCLH Phase 5
Location
London, UK
Client
University College London Hospital
Gross Floor Area m²
11,826
Status
Completed
Pilbrow & Partners have extensive experience working with clinical and research organisations including Imperial College Healthcare Trust (St Mary’s Paddington), Moorfields Healthcare Trust, Imperial College London and University College London Hospital Trust.
For UCLH the practice designed a new specialist facility for ear, nose and throat medicine: Phase 5. The site on Huntley Street is set at the heart of the Bloomsbury Conservation Area adjacent to listed residential neighbours.
The newly completed award-winning hospital increases operational efficiency, reduces energy consumption and puts the patient experience at the heart of the design.
Traditionally, such buildings are planned with clinical spaces at the facade and waiting areas at the core. Phase 5, by contrast, inverts this organisation with waiting areas on the street facade set in a range of bay windows. The form and detail of these bays offer a contemporary reinterpretation of the bays of the adjacent 19th century mansion blocks.
Vertical circulation is arranged on the northern apex of the site. The architectural language of perforated brick screens is reinterpreted to provide shading to more generously scaled communal waiting areas.
The elements of the core – lifts, stairs and risers are each reflected in the external massing creating an articulated silhouette that serves to denote the hospital’s entrance for patients approaching from the north and west.
The building’s structure and services are expressed to provide a robust backdrop to the rich variety of spaces within the building.
Pilbrow & Partners worked closely with LB Camden on the development of the design within the Bloomsbury Conservation Area. We successfully made the case for the replacement of the former Royal Ear Hospital which was a locally listed building on the site. The quality of the new building – and in particular its prioritisation of the patient experience – were acknowledged as a critical factor in securing this consent.
The newly completed award-winning hospital increases operational efficiency, reduces energy consumption and puts the patient experience at the heart of the design.
Traditionally, such buildings are planned with clinical spaces at the facade and waiting areas at the core. Phase 5, by contrast, inverts this organisation with waiting areas on the street facade set in a range of bay windows. The form and detail of these bays offer a contemporary reinterpretation of the bays of the adjacent 19th century mansion blocks.
Vertical circulation is arranged on the northern apex of the site. The architectural language of perforated brick screens is reinterpreted to provide shading to more generously scaled communal waiting areas.
The elements of the core – lifts, stairs and risers are each reflected in the external massing creating an articulated silhouette that serves to denote the hospital’s entrance for patients approaching from the north and west.
The building’s structure and services are expressed to provide a robust backdrop to the rich variety of spaces within the building.
Pilbrow & Partners worked closely with LB Camden on the development of the design within the Bloomsbury Conservation Area. We successfully made the case for the replacement of the former Royal Ear Hospital which was a locally listed building on the site. The quality of the new building – and in particular its prioritisation of the patient experience – were acknowledged as a critical factor in securing this consent.
