Project Credits
Client
Harbour Hospice
Date Completed
2017
Sector
Health
Awards
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A Scottish architectural principle, which has transformed the design of cancer care facilities in the UK, influenced Chow:Hill’s design of Harbour Hospice’s Community Day Hospice, Tui House.
Concepts of wellbeing underpinned the final design outcome for ‘Tui House’, Harbour Hospice’s $7.5m Warkworth Wellsford community day hospice, overlaid by the ‘Architecture of Hope’, an approach originating in United Kingdom that has revolutionised hospice and cancer care facility design. The philosophy centres around the creation of light, open-plan communal areas and the connection with the healing and therapeutic influences of nature.
The semi-rural setting of Harbour Hospice’s 1400m² facility, and ideas around simplicity of connection, informed the creation of a community-centric design. A series of courtyards provides public, semi-private and private spaces for both clients and visitors, while internal communal space caters for a diversity of therapy, education, administration and healthcare services.
A design-through-workshop process, conducted by Chow:Hill in collaboration with the Hospice team, reimagined the design and delivery of future services, and was successful in developing understanding and trust between designers and client.
Photography by: Amanda Aitken
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Creation of sustainable framework
Predicated on a framework of environmentally sustainable elements, materials and processes, Tui House is an assemblage of simple gabled forms, set over two levels. Recyclable and low embodied energy materials have been used throughout.
Corrugated iron forms, clad in black profiled metal, reach out from the larger central mass, to achieve connection between the indoors and outdoors. The heart of the building, which contains the communal lounge and kitchen, is clad in cedar boarding, material which, alongside the black corrugated iron, references a rural barn structure, paying homage to the facility’s rural landscape while evoking ideas of simplicity and connection.
Warmth and calm inspires interior design
The internal aesthetic, which encourages interaction between clients and health professionals, is supported by a palette of simple interior materials, such as timber trusses, carpets and curtains that evoke subtlety, calm and warmth. These are overlaid with fit-out elements that reflect the contribution of volunteers and community benefactors. Sharp contrasts in colour in the floor coverings were avoided for client wellbeing.
Additional features include the use of building forms and openings for passive cross ventilation, higher than code-required levels of insulation to reduce heat gain, photovoltaic panel array for water heating, and mixed mode ventilation in controlled environments.
With local material and contractors used when available to work on Tui House, the result is a true community asset that evokes a sense of homeliness, warmth, collegial spirit, and empathetic healthcare delivery.
A Scottish architectural principle, which has transformed the design of cancer care facilities in the UK, influenced Chow:Hill’s design of Harbour Hospice’s Community Day Hospice, Tui House.
Concepts of wellbeing underpinned the final design outcome for ‘Tui House’, Harbour Hospice’s $7.5m Warkworth Wellsford community day hospice, overlaid by the ‘Architecture of Hope’, an approach originating in United Kingdom that has revolutionised hospice and cancer care facility design. The philosophy centres around the creation of light, open-plan communal areas and the connection with the healing and therapeutic influences of nature.
The semi-rural setting of Harbour Hospice’s 1400m² facility, and ideas around simplicity of connection, informed the creation of a community-centric design. A series of courtyards provides public, semi-private and private spaces for both clients and visitors, while internal communal space caters for a diversity of therapy, education, administration and healthcare services.
A design-through-workshop process, conducted by Chow:Hill in collaboration with the Hospice team, reimagined the design and delivery of future services, and was successful in developing understanding and trust between designers and client.
Photography by: Amanda Aitken
Read More
Creation of sustainable framework
Predicated on a framework of environmentally sustainable elements, materials and processes, Tui House is an assemblage of simple gabled forms, set over two levels. Recyclable and low embodied energy materials have been used throughout.
Corrugated iron forms, clad in black profiled metal, reach out from the larger central mass, to achieve connection between the indoors and outdoors. The heart of the building, which contains the communal lounge and kitchen, is clad in cedar boarding, material which, alongside the black corrugated iron, references a rural barn structure, paying homage to the facility’s rural landscape while evoking ideas of simplicity and connection.
Warmth and calm inspires interior design
The internal aesthetic, which encourages interaction between clients and health professionals, is supported by a palette of simple interior materials, such as timber trusses, carpets and curtains that evoke subtlety, calm and warmth. These are overlaid with fit-out elements that reflect the contribution of volunteers and community benefactors. Sharp contrasts in colour in the floor coverings were avoided for client wellbeing.
Additional features include the use of building forms and openings for passive cross ventilation, higher than code-required levels of insulation to reduce heat gain, photovoltaic panel array for water heating, and mixed mode ventilation in controlled environments.
With local material and contractors used when available to work on Tui House, the result is a true community asset that evokes a sense of homeliness, warmth, collegial spirit, and empathetic healthcare delivery.
Project Credits
Client
Warkworth Wellsford Day Hospice
Status
2017
Project Type
Health
Awards
A Scottish architectural principle, which has transformed the design of cancer care facilities in the UK, influenced Chow:Hill’s design of Harbour Hospice’s Community Day Hospice, Tui House.
Concepts of wellbeing underpinned the final design outcome for ‘Tui House’, Harbour Hospice’s $7.5m Warkworth Wellsford community day hospice, overlaid by the ‘Architecture of Hope’, an approach originating in United Kingdom that has revolutionised hospice and cancer care facility design. The philosophy centres around the creation of light, open-plan communal areas and the connection with the healing and therapeutic influences of nature.
The semi-rural setting of Harbour Hospice’s 1400m² facility, and ideas around simplicity of connection, informed the creation of a community-centric design. A series of courtyards provides public, semi-private and private spaces for both clients and visitors, while internal communal space caters for a diversity of therapy, education, administration and healthcare services.
A design-through-workshop process, conducted by Chow:Hill in collaboration with the Hospice team, reimagined the design and delivery of future services, and was successful in developing understanding and trust between designers and client.
Photography by: Amanda Aitken
Read More
Creation of sustainable framework
Predicated on a framework of environmentally sustainable elements, materials and processes, Tui House is an assemblage of simple gabled forms, set over two levels. Recyclable and low embodied energy materials have been used throughout.
Corrugated iron forms, clad in black profiled metal, reach out from the larger central mass, to achieve connection between the indoors and outdoors. The heart of the building, which contains the communal lounge and kitchen, is clad in cedar boarding, material which, alongside the black corrugated iron, references a rural barn structure, paying homage to the facility’s rural landscape while evoking ideas of simplicity and connection.
Warmth and calm inspires interior design
The internal aesthetic, which encourages interaction between clients and health professionals, is supported by a palette of simple interior materials, such as timber trusses, carpets and curtains that evoke subtlety, calm and warmth. These are overlaid with fit-out elements that reflect the contribution of volunteers and community benefactors. Sharp contrasts in colour in the floor coverings were avoided for client wellbeing.
Additional features include the use of building forms and openings for passive cross ventilation, higher than code-required levels of insulation to reduce heat gain, photovoltaic panel array for water heating, and mixed mode ventilation in controlled environments.
With local material and contractors used when available to work on Tui House, the result is a true community asset that evokes a sense of homeliness, warmth, collegial spirit, and empathetic healthcare delivery.
Project Credits
Client
Warkworth Wellsford Day Hospice
Status
2017
Project Type
Health
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