Devereux Architects have a long, close working relationship with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), one of the most important specialist centres for orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation in the country.
The Trust’s principal base is a large, sensitive Green Belt site on the north-west edge of London, with several other town planning constraints, including a scheduled ancient monument, Roman remains, a height limitation on new developments and numerous tree preservation orders. The present site contains in the region of 100 disparate buildings, scattered over the estate, much of it in extremely sub-standard accommodation.
Devereux Architects were originally appointed to assist in establishing the Trust’s estate strategy and then the first development control plan for the whole Stanmore site. The Trust have now decided to proceed with a redevelopment to replace all of the central clinical accommodation including: new theatres and critical care beds, new conventional and interventional imaging departments, comprehensive new acute wards, paediatric wards and day surgery. Devereux Architects were selected as the Trust's advisor for the PFI redevelopment.
The proposal has been lodged with the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) as the preferred option in the Trust’s new Outline Business Case (OBC). The practice is now working with the Trust on the necessary enabling works and the ongoing masterplan for the estate, including the planning of future phases of the redevelopment.
Client: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Value: £100 million
Dates: 2001 –
Area: 25500sqm
Status: Ongoing