NHS Cavell Pilot
Our designs for the Cavell Health and Wellbeing Hub represent a sustainable and robust future for the NHS.
Location
Shropshire, UK
Area
Status
Design
Year
2024
Client
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Architype partnered with experts Medical Architecture to develop a vision for the Health and Wellbeing Hub that promises a ‘transformative model of care’. The programme looks for designs that optimise utilistation, allowing for investment in higher quality spaces, flexible use and shared spaces for maximum efficiency. Key to this is to focus on a healthy, transformative, resilient, building design.
The team worked with a series of stakeholders, including GPs, patients and the Acute Trust community to understand how NHS buildings are truly used. This consultation aimed to rethink the design of 21st century in the healthcare, looking towards a model of building that works for its users, not the other way round.
Vision
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Design
Designed with great care, a feeling of warm welcomeness was essential, with connections to nature, daylighting and biophilic elements all used to enhance wellbeing within the centre.
The scheme also has keen sustainability aspirations, and Architype are exploring a form of Passivhaus design that enhances wellbeing, increases quality and significantly lowers energy demand in line with the NHS Net Zero Carbon standard in a form that could be easily replicated, adapted and adopted on various sites around the UK: with MMC ready elements.
In addition, we authored a comprehensive Passivhaus Appendix for the emerging Cavell Centre Programme Design Guide. This work plays a central role in supporting the NHS’s commitment to delivering Net Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2040, ensuring that all new-build Cavell Centres are designed to meet (and be certifiable under) the rigorous Passivhaus standard.
The resulting guidance document provides a structured, practical, and evidence-based guide for design teams, tailored specifically to the functional, clinical, and spatial requirements of community healthcare buildings. It demonstrates how Passivhaus can be successfully integrated within the NHS framework, including compliance with Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) and wider clinical requirements.
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