Weavers Croft, Stroud
- Client
- 2gether NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Stroud
- Project Leaders
- Robert Walder Catherine Ashworth
Challenge
Following the successful completion of works at the Forest of Dean Hub, Quattro’s Healthcare Architects were commissioned to carry out minor refurbishment works to a replica building in Stroud – Weavers Croft.
Similar to the FoD hub, Weavers Croft was also a former elderly care in-patient unit which had been transformed into a mental health out-patient unit with office space for several community mental health teams.
Following a reorganisation of the teams the existing accommodation needed to be upgraded to meet the requirements of the relocated teams. Quattro’s Hospital Architects worked closely with the unit and the Trust project manager to improve the patient and staff experience.
- Partners
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ESDPPeter Goodhind AssociatesAdams Fletcher & Partners Ltd
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Solution
Our Healthcare Design Team refurbished the open plan office, clinic and cleaners’ rooms and re-designed the waiting area, enlarging it and reconfiguring the toilets to provide a disabled WC.
The waiting area which can be observed from reception, provides a welcoming space as patients and staff enter the building. Careful consideration was given to the acoustics between the waiting room and adjacent consultation room. The design ensures the consultant rooms and private spaces remain quiet, acoustically separated from the waiting area.
Quattro created new individual offices where staff can carry out private phone calls with patients, away from the open plan office. Upgrading the finishes has transformed Weavers Croft into a bright and friendly space to work.
Construction was carried out in phases, to ensure minimum disruption to staff and visitors who continued to use the building whilst the works were carried out. Contractors access routes were also organised to minimise cross over with staff and patients.
The building now meets the needs of both staff and patients providing a great space for the local community to access mental health services.
Our architects really listened to the outcomes that were important to us as a friendly and welcoming dental practice and managed to surpass them for both us and our patients.
Broad Street Dental Surgery, Hereford
The result is a fantastic, bright and spacious base where we can make sure our teams and, most importantly, the service users and carers we support are given the best possible facilities to support recovery.
2gether Trust, Gloucestershire
The unit has now been visited by some of the leading international experts in acute psychiatric care some of whom have commented that the unit may be amongst the best in the world.
International Journal of Psychiatric Intensive care