Redevelopment of Warneford Hospital site includes new mental health hospital, medical research centre and graduate college
Oxford council has approved plans by Eric Parry Architects for the £750m redevelopment of the Warneford Hospital site in Headington.
The scheme for Oxford Health NHS Trust will include a new mental health hospital, a medical research and innovation campus and a new postgraduate college for the University of Oxford.
It will also transform a set of two-century-old grade II-listed buildings on the site into graduate accommodation for 250 students and teaching facilities for the university.
The wider masterplan also seeks to introduce new landscape features, including ornamental and rain gardens, alongside productive spaces for patients.
Donald Insall Associates is working on the project team as conservation architect and heritage consultant, with Todd Longstaffe-Gowan acting as landscape architect.
According to the Trust, the new medical research centre will focus on brain and mental health, aiming to accelerate the translation of laboratory findings into clinical treatments and pharmaceutical products.
Flexible laboratory space is planned to accommodate the University of Oxford as well as commercial occupiers, ranging from start-ups to established biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
The design for the new hospital comprises four two-storey wings radiating from a central spine, with each ward arranged around landscaped courtyards.
Eric Parry Architects said this arrangement is intended to strengthen connections with the surrounding landscape and provide secure outdoor spaces for patients. The material palette for the new buildings includes terracotta, stone, pre-cast concrete and timber.
The project team also includes Glanville Consultants on structures and civils, Ridge & Partners on costs, QUOD on planning, Buro Happold on laboratory design, Montagu Evans on townscape and Hoare Lea on MEP.
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