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Small Animal Hospital Building, Architect, Project, Images, Design, Info
Small Animal Hospital Glasgow : Information + Images
Glasgow Development by Archial, Scotland
Andrew Doolan Award Winner 2009. 20 Nov 2009
Small Animal Hospital, Glasgow, Archial Architects.

photos © Andrew Lee
Archial's World-Class Small Animal Hospital Gathers Design Accolades
20 Nov 2009
Archial Architects' striking design for the new £10.5 million
pioneering world-class centre for veterinary medicine has picked up
the Supreme Award from the Glasgow Institute of Architects. It has
also been short-listed for the prestigious RIAS Andrew Doolan Best
Building in Scotland Award, which will be announced in the Scottish
Parliament building tonight (20th November).
Part of the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
the new Small Animal Hospital, situated at the entrance to the grounds
of the Garscube Estate, provides state of the art services for animal
owners and referring practitioners throughout Scotland and Northern
England, including the most advanced diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical
techniques.
Russell Baxter of Archial Architects said, "One of our chief
concerns when conceiving the design for this facility was how to create
a large hospital building without ruining the beautiful green space
for which the Garscube Estate is renowned. Essentially, our solution
involved lifting up the ground, peeling off the grass and placing
the new building underneath.
"Since various aspects of the new facility did not require natural
light - much of its 4500 sq m involves internal spaces such as the
treatment area, oncology and diagnostics - this design solution was
able to meet the needs of the hospital whilst maintaining the integrity
of the location. In order to let daylight in to public areas, an innovative
'crystal' glass cupola, lit with different colours at night, sits
within the building's sloping grass roof."
Whilst the innovative design affords medical staff unrestricted views
out over the grassy bank, the building's public space comprises a
waiting area, reception island and café beneath the glass cupola
where staff and visitors can see out onto the roof. Behind this public
space is a social space with access out onto the grass roof, which
anyone can walk across.
The natural look of the new Small Animal Hospital is completed with
a stone-filled gabion baskets, lending the building a deliberately
solid and heavy base, emphasising the driving idea of roof and ground.
Andrew
Doolan Best Building Award - Winner
Description
Located at the entrance to the grounds of Garscube Estate, the new
Small Animal Hospital, part of the University of Glasgow.s Faculty
of Veterinary Medicine, provides state of the art services for animal
owners and referring practitioners.
Internally the building is simply organised both horizontally and
vertically with a clear division of public and private hospital space.
The working hospital held within the gabion wall pinwheels around
a central treatment hub which acts as the heart of the building offering
clear and unrestricted views toward day-care, intensive care, operation
suites, diagnostics and oncology.
The teaching and office spaces occupy the upper level with views over
the estate and access onto the grass roof.

photos © Andrew Lee
Archial Goes Underground With Design for £10.5 Million World-Class
Centre for Veterinary Medicine
Glasgow Small Animal Hospital
22 May 2009
Archial Architects has gone underground with a striking design for
a new £10.5 million pioneering world-class centre for veterinary
medicine situated at the entrance to the grounds of the Garscube Estate,
Glasgow.

Part of the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
the new Small Animal Hospital provides state of the art services for
animal owners and referring practitioners throughout Scotland and
Northern England, including the most advanced diagnostic, therapeutic
and surgical techniques.
Russell Baxter of Archial Architects said, "One of our chief
concerns when conceiving the design for this facility was how to create
a large hospital building without ruining the beautiful green space
for which the Garscube Estate is renowned. Essentially, our solution
involved lifting up the ground, peeling off the grass and placing
the new building underneath.
"Since various aspects of the new facility did not require natural
light - much of its 4500 sq m involves internal spaces such as the
treatment area, oncology and diagnostics - this design solution was
able to meet the needs of the hospital whilst maintaining the integrity
of the location. In order to let daylight in to public areas, an innovative
'crystal' glass cupola, lit with different colours at night, sits
within the building's sloping grass roof."
Whilst the innovative design affords medical staff unrestricted views
out over the grassy bank, the building's public space comprises a
waiting area, reception island and café beneath the glass cupola
where staff and visitors can see out onto the roof. Behind this public
space is a social space with access out onto the grass roof, which
anyone can walk across.
The natural look of the new Small Animal Hospital is completed with
a stone-filled gabion baskets, lending the building a deliberately
solid and heavy base, emphasising the driving idea of roof and ground.
Glasgow University Small Animal Hospital images / information received
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The Archial Group Plc employs around 200 staff in Scotland, operating from
offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness.
In addition to Archial Architects, The Archial Group Plc incorporates: Sparch
(providing architectural solutions that match the energy and growth of fast-moving
emerging markets in Asia); Alsop (creating challenging solutions that push
the limits of conventional ideas about architecture in a provocative and
colourful style); Archial Services (with a portfolio of specialist services
in Planning, Facilities Management and Sustainable Futures, a dedicated
team of category experts deliver creative solutions to add value to all
architectural projects) and Archial Special Projects (operating worldwide,
this is a vehicle for collaborative commissions that draw upon the strength
of the Archial Group, combined with the skills and expertise of other external
consultants.
The Archial Group Plc has created a system it calls Intelligent Architectural
Design which incorporates the five dimensions required to achieve the optimum
design solution: creative integrity; economic performance; environmental
responsibility; social contribution and personal experience.
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