How we designed the Children’s Day Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital to welcome young people

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Source: Diane Auckland and Fotohaus Ltd

Hannah Brewster on how ADP designed a futureproof hospital on a highly constrained site that helps ease the anxiety of families and young children undergoing surgical procedures

One of the main challenges we faced when working on the Children’s Day Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital was that of inserting a new build within a highly constrained and sensitive site – between the original red-brick Victorian St Thomas’ Hospital South Wing and the contemporary terracotta tile clad Evelina London Children’s Hospital – a restriction that ended up shaping the project and inspiring us to explore new innovations in healthcare design.

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