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The new interior and wayfinding scheme for Stoke Mandeville’s Maternity and Gynaecology Services has been designed to provide soft, calming focal points for patients attending appointments. People entering the building may be feeling any number of emotions – hope, fear, anxiety – so it’s important that the environment is beautiful and inspiring, and avoids triggering any fears or past traumas.
Our design combines deep, rich colours that anchor and identify the departments, alongside delicate signage, comprising thin text and outlined organic forms. Smaller clusters of these forms line the doorways to clinical treatment rooms, leading patients along circulation routes to their destination.
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As patients approach the waiting areas, they encounter our bespoke timber beams, which channel dappled sunlight and shadows across the floor and walls. In the waiting area, the beams enclose patients, offering pockets of privacy and a feeling of safety. As an experience, it’s like walking through a forest and eventually settling in a calming glade.
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Throughout the environment, colours gently shift from one hue to the next, via gradients and translucent patterns. These organic transitions are a reminder of the changes occurring for patients and families. In the words of lead designer Chloe Northover Naylor, this is about respecting the “state of transience, as it is experienced by patients – both in the building, and also in their journey beyond the hospital”.
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"The entire team were exceptionally easy to work with, very responsive and we have continued to use them for ongoing design projects within the hospital. The feedback from service users has been overwhelmingly positive, with each group feeling that their needs have been thought about and met."
Lead Nurse
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The clinical culture at Stoke Mandeville places great importance on the wellbeing of staff, so we worked closely with clinicians to design a staff room flooded with natural daylight and filled with real plants. The materials here are durable and easy to clean, but never clinical. Furniture is grouped for both social and private moments, with a planted partition screen creating separation between a busy dining area and a quieter relaxation space. Staff have shown great enthusiasm for looking after the plants, which are thriving – a sure sign of space well used and loved.
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Project Information
Date
2023
Sector
Healthcare
Service
Maternity & Gynaecology
Client
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Architect
Hunters
Artists
AiS in house
Team
Chloe Northover-Naylor
Awards
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