Created for patients, families and staff, Alder Hey Children’s Health Park is being constructed in Springfield Park, demolishing the existing Alder Hey by turning it into a replacement park.
The design of the hospital has drawn input from children. The new Alder Hey is situated right in the heart of the park, surrounded by green space which can be seen from almost every window. The hospital’s design affords park views to majority of bedrooms and provide easy access to play areas on and outside the wards.
Three open fingers radiate out from the atrium concourse, the distinctive entrance space, that forms the hospital’s public hub. These fingers of clinical space alternate with gardens, intertwining building and landscape.
Consisting of 60,000 square metre of floor area, the hospital features 270 beds, including 48 critical care beds for patients in ICU, HDU and Burns. There are six standard wards with 32 beds. Each ward will have two four bed bays and 24 single rooms, providing majority of children their own room with en-suite facilities. In addition to that, it also features 16 operating theatres, four for day-case surgery and 12 inpatient theatres. The new development also includes a multi-storey car park with 1200 spaces, 200 more than the current site.
One of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, the Alder Hey provides 275,000 episodes of care to children and young people every year. It has earned national and international reputation as a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease.
The official completion of the project is scheduled for Summer 2016.
The MSA Design Awards exhibition showcases the work of the architectural profession in the Greater Manchester region and promotes the value and benefits of architectural design. The awards were held at the Castlefield Gallery in Manchester.
