Demelza Children's Hospice, Eltham
This new Children’s Hospice for Demelza in South
London was constructed on a restricted land plot within
the confines of existing buildings and with high boundary
fencing and walling on two sides. In an effort to minimize
disruption to the buildings being used by the Greenwich
Primary Care Trust, we formalized a proposal to utilize
a strip of land between the buildings and one boundary
line. The 4 existing Bungalows provide children’s
services including administration, social services and
a day centre for children with complex needs. Although
a temporary path crossover was required, the alternative
route avoided using the entrance road into the Bungalows
and enabled us to segregate our construction works from
the busy day to day activities of Wensley Close.
The new £3.2m hospice provides community home
care nursing, hospice day care and residential short
breaks for children and their families staying with
them. Family support, therapies, palliative and bereavement
care is also provided.
The three storey structure includes a basement car
park of reinforced concrete construction retained by
Contiguous perimeter piling. The upper floors are of
traditional construction with a precast concrete plank
first floor and metsec joisted roof. Complex services
include piped medical gas oxygen, specialist bed head
units, Environmental controls of some doors, lighting
and blinds, Guldmann hoist systems to specialist bathrooms
with commensurate bathroom equipment and a nurse call
system. |
