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International architectural practice BDP has unveiled its first concept designs for the £600 million redevelopment of two hospitals in Leeds, and the new images show a complex of buildings which the practice say has been inspired by the Yorkshire Dales.
BBC News reports that the scheme will include the construction of one hospital for adults and another for children, and the partial demolition of Leeds General Infirmary.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was one of six to be awarded a share of £2.7 billion of funding as part of the first wave of the government’s health infrastructure plan (HIP).
After landing the £9.5 million design contract in July, BDP has said that the hospitals would prioritise patient wellbeing with the creation of calming and welcoming outdoor spaces filled with daylight, greenery, and panoramic views of the surrounding landscape.
The children’s hospital will include elements suggested by children and young patients in a design competition held last year, including play areas.
The plans are set to bring all clinical services for children and young people under one roof and include cancer treatment, neurology, liver, kidney and bone marrow transplantation and congenital heart surgery.
There will also be a new maternity centre in the facility, which will incorporate a midwifery-led unit and all inpatient maternity and neonatal services on one site.
The adult’s hospital will enhance existing clinical services and add a 24-bed extension to the critical care unit and a new diagnostic imaging department.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Chief Executive Julian Hartley said the project was the most important hospital development in Leeds for more than 150 years, since the construction of the infirmary in 1868.
“These inspirational designs will see not only the creation of world-class medical and research facilities but also the creation of a landmark public building, of real architectural quality, of which Leeds can truly be proud,” he said.
Henri Murison, a director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership said the scheme was an investment in people and skills as well as infrastructure.
“Not only will the hospitals provide the people of the city with world-class health care for the 21st century, but they will also unlock the Leeds Innovation District and help bring jobs, investment and prosperity in health innovation to both Leeds and the wider corridor across the Pennines, building on world-class capabilities,” he added.
The designs were unveiled at an event on the site of the infirmary which was attended by the daughter of BDP architect Vicky Casey, who is working on the scheme.
Casey’s eight-year-old daughter underwent heart surgery at the hospital in 2015, which the architect said inspired her support for inducing green, family-supportive spaces in the designs.
BDP beat shortlisted rivals CF Moller, HOK, NBBJ and a Penoyre & Prasad and Schmidt Hammer Lassen team to win the design job.
Global engineering firm WSP was appointed as civil and structural designer in a £3.5 million deal, as well as a £5 million mechanical and electrical (M&E) designer role, and Arup landed a £450,000 role as civil and structural technical advisor.
Mott MacDonald secured a £650,000 role as the client M&E technical adviser, with Arcadis named as cost managers on the project and MJ Medical being brought in as medical equipment advisers.
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