Arranged around a double-height atrium, 30 patient bedrooms are housed in a rectangular upper volume clad in a reflective lattice of aluminium shingles. Spencer de Grey, Foster + Partners’ head of design, said: ‘[The design] is democratic, putting the patient at the heart of the system in a space that does not feel institutionalised and instead takes advantage of the rural setting, the light and the views.’
The scheme is one of a new wave of hospitals being designed by architectural superstars, including Richard Rogers and Hopkins Architects.
