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Southmead Hospital, Bristol

The learning & research building.

This development provided accommodation for the university laboratory based research teams on both the Southmead and Frenchay Hospital sites.

​The new building is over five storeys and contains offices, meetings rooms a cafeteria and laboratories. Additional learning and development facilities were provided to allow the transfer of the Trust’s previous facilities from the Academic Centre and Post graduate Centre at Frenchay Hospital.

This included an additional clinical skills laboratory and an expansion of the library. The building also provided accommodation for the Regional Quality Control Laboratory on the top floor.

Kendall Kingscott Limited appointed Acoustic Consultants Limited to provide advice on the noise and acoustic aspects of the building.

The scheme was required to achieve the credits of BREEAM 2011 ‘Other Buildings.

The following elements were addressed.

• Internal Sound Insulation
• Reverberation Time
• External Noise Control
• Plant Noise (potentially operating 24 hours a day)

Construction started in spring 2013, and the building was completed in March 2014.

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North Bristol Trust extend learning & research building

Construction is well under way on the second phase of the learning and research building at Southmead Hospital. The new extension will be about half the size again of the existing building, and will continue its architectural themes, including the colour

• 11th November 2013

Construction is well under way on the second phase of the learning and research building at Southmead Hospital. The new extension will be about half the size again of the existing building, and will continue its architectural themes, including the coloured glazing.

This development has been taken forward by North Bristol Trust in partnership with the University of Bristol and the building will provide accommodation for the remaining university laboratory-based research teams on both the Southmead and Frenchay Hospital sites.

Additional learning and development facilities are being provided to allow the transfer of the Trust’s current facilities from the Academic Centre and Post graduate Centre at Frenchay Hospital. This will include an additional clinical skills laboratory and an expansion of the library. The building will also provide accommodation for the Regional Quality Control Laboratory, which will be upstairs on the top floor.

Construction started in spring 2013, and the building will be handed over to the Trust on 21 March 2014.

Rosemary Grant, North Bristol Trust’s Deputy Director of Projects, said: “The extension is slowly taking shape. When the second phase is completed, the L&R building will be a great asset and further enhance North Bristol Trust’s reputation as a centre of excellence for learning and research.”

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Southmead Learning & Research / Pathology Buildings

By artNucleus Kate Blee Perry Roberts

This project was part of an ‘enabling’ phase of the PFI redevelopment of Southmead Hospital in North Bristol, involving moving various facilities to make way for the construction of the new hospital, due for completion in 2014. In partnership with North Bristol NHS Trust, Willis Newson developed and delivered a public art strategy for the development of new Learning & Research and Pathology buildings on the Southmead site. The commissioned artists were able to enter into the design process early to work alongside the architects and building contractors. This close and early collaborative working relationship between Willis Newson, the lead artists and the design and build teams was key to the success of this project, resulting in a very satisfying unified aesthetic, extending throughout the new buildings.

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Lead artist, Kate Blee designed the colour and composition of the exterior glazing cladding both buildings as well as large ceramic wall pieces for the interiors.  She worked closely with the design team to define the articulation and colours for the full height glazing forming curtain walls on the four elevations of the new buildings. The colours used were extended to louvred panels and doors and other interior spaces.  

As well as lending visual interest, the glazing provides a unifying sense of identity and connection between the two buildings, both inside and out. The design was inspired by the natural range of colour found in the trees on the Southmead site. The coloured panels have been specifically designed to provide an appropriate environment inside, without adversely affecting working conditions.  

Kate also created two large panels made of ceramic tiles for the end walls of the atrium of each building. Titled ‘One in a Million’, they reference the scientific methodology of the work that is done there. They reflect light and feature tactile, dynamic surfaces in which intriguing objects invite exploration.  

Perry Roberts created supergraphics for windows and walls, helping to define the identity of each building and support way-finding within them. Two large laminate panels designed in collaboration with Kate Blee and the design team, welcome people into the entrance lobby areas of both buildings. Their colours complement those of the curtain wall glazing and their patterns are derived from the names of the buildings. Perry Roberts’ designs for the large amount of internal glass provide privacy for individual offices, seminar rooms and other spaces.  

artNucleus – artists Simon Ryder and Reinhild Beuther were resident for almost two years at Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals, during construction of, and following the move to the new buildings.  The resulting series of photographic artworks include some inspired by explorations of the old medical library, images reflecting analyses of chromosomal data by the genetics team and a series based on time spent in the Immunology Department. These are now on permanent display in the new buildings.  

Willis Newson  

Willis Newson is a leading Bristol-based independent arts consultancy specialising in creative approaches to improving health and wellbeing.  It develops public art strategies for new builds and refurbishments, develops and manages public art plans and public engagement programmes, delivers training for artists and performers in healthcare settings and provides advice and guidance on the design and implementation of projects to promote healthy  

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Southmead Entrance lobby wall panel, 'supergraphics' by Perry Roberts, Southmead Learning & Research and Pathology Buildings. Photo: Tom De Gay. Courtesy of Willis Newson.

Southmead glazing. Image: Tom de Gay. Courtesy of Willis Newson.

Southmead Photographic work by artNucelus. Image: Sarah Blee

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Executive Offices, Learning & Research building, Southmead Hospital, Bristol - Fit out

Client: North Bristol NHS Trust Value: £578k Sector: Commercial Architect: Stride Treglown, Bristol Programme: 15 weeks Scope of Work: Fit-out of existing recently built Learning & Research Building to provide new Trust Head Quarter Executive offices Works involved raised access floor and coverings, dry wall partitions, suspended ceilings, mechanical & electrical engineering, toilet and kitchen area facilities, automatic sliding doors. This was a fast track project to enable the North Bristol NHS Trust to relocate from Frenchay Hospital to the Southmead site. The works were made more challenging by the close proximity of other major projects – one for the new build Pathology 2 building, alterations to Pathology 1 building and a refurbishment of other premises. Joint use of access roads and parking was a major consideration. Close liaison was therefore required between the other Main Contractors on a daily basis so that deliveries and disposal could be co-ordinated and synchronised lessening the impact upon hospital staff and normal hospital operation. The result was that the project was successfully handed over on time and on budget.

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Craddys were appointed by the Trust to develop the scheme for the new Pathology Building. Craddys designed the extension to the Learning and Research building and a new Pathology Phase 2 building where Craddys developed the scheme design and employers requirements. Craddys were retained as Technical Advisors to the trust during the contractors design phase and construction works on site.

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