Queen's Centre for Oncology & Haematology, Hull
Discipline: Architecture
Client: Shepherd Construction
A new regional cancer centre for Humberside and North Lincolnshire providing cancer and haematology services on one site at Castle Hill Hospital.
The scheme encompasses 6 linear accelerators, together with outpatients and a day hospital, 100 beds in 4 wards and pathology, pharmacy and medical physics facilities. The building is located in a rural setting on the edge of the main hospital site, set into the northerly hillside maximising views out to the countryside from all patient areas. The building is wrapped around themed courtyards at all levels which are all distinctively designed to provide stimulating outdoor spaces and assist orientation. The lower gardens to the wards are domestic in design to aide recovery with parkland of native planting beyond.