Services

NEW ENTRANCE
MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL

The principal entrances to the Outpatients areas of the hospital were either up a flight of steps or a very steep ramp, neither of which complied with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act and both of which were poorly marked, a particular concern for a facility for those with visual impairment. The team’s brief was, therefore, to create a single point of access to remodelled reception areas incorporating a landmark canopy.

Working closely with Sonnemann Toon Architects, MBP designed the canopy structure to bear on the existing substructure to avoid the need to form new foundations and to be entirely separate from the existing terracotta façade. Excessive length of ramp was avoided by making use of the existing variations in ground level which also made it possible for able bodied and wheelchair visitors to use the same route into the building. The paving and canopy both incorporated lighting to extend the “green line” from Old Street tube station which serves to guide the visually impaired to the hospital.

ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
SPORTS HALL

St Mary’s University College is creating a new training venue to accommodate a sports hall, athlete conditioning, assessment and physiotherapy facilities.

Now on site, the new facility will have a 25mx25mx12m high hall and a 85m long fitness and conditioning block that has been designed and specified to achieve an excellent BREEAM rating.

COMET CHILDRENS CENTRE

A project to remodel and extend an existing nursery to provide a new children's centre.

The adopted design promotes sustainability in avoiding unnecessary damage to the natural world and to existing eco-systems.

Where possible the materials used are from sustainable sources or recyclable. Services follow energy efficient designs to achieve user comfort with the minimum use of energy. Most of the ventilation is natural: air is drawn in through openable perimeter windows and out through rooflights, utilising the stack effect.

DOHA ZOO, QATAR

The phased development and construction of a zoo complex for animals and birds suited to the desert environment.

All enclosures, service areas and administration buildings are set out on a triangular grid which suits circulation routes around irregular perimeters.

Water features act as paddock boundaries and habitats for birds as well as providing cooling for the air conditioning. Access to the enclosures is by raised timber walkways.

The roof is a tubular steel spaceframe with telescopic joints at intervals to accommodate thermal movements and supports Teflon coated glass cloth sails or timber frameworks which provide shade.