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Medical Projects
The Fetal Medicine Research Institute
RIBA and Architects Journal Retrofit Award Winner.
The Fetal Medicine Research Institute is a purpose-built facility for research in fetal medicine and new home for the King's College Hospital, Harris Birthright Centre.
Completed in 2016, this project remains a benchmark for architectural vision transforming healthcare delivery. A21 integrated the facility behind a sensitive Victorian façade retention. Partly due to the facade retention the project achieved BREEAM excellent certification.
Taking a rigorous analysis of the NHS building standards as the starting point, the design developed in close collaboration with an array of stakeholders including, Doctors, Midwives, department heads, Infection Control as well as the Building & Facilities.
Community & Wellbeing
A21 worked closely with Professor Kypros Nicolaides to develop the FMRI design. The proposals were designed to reinforce the ethos of the department externalising the world-class care and ambition that it embodies.
Our designs prioritize natural light, acoustics, and dignity. By establishing design principles early, we allow for analysis, review, and refinement, ensuring compliance & beauty are built-in from the start.
Great design doesn’t have to cost more, as long as its built-in to the construction details & specifications early on in the project. A21architects unique process is able to deliver the informed analysis and clear design information allowing effective early decision making.
A21 believe that community integration and high-quality buildings directly enhance healthcare delivery improving the patient experience.
Compliance & Delivery
A21architects aligns stakeholders; by presenting clear, data-rich information, enabling rapid, objective approvals for novel solutions. This coordinated approach prevents late changes and incomplete briefs, ensuring a fully coherent design information that minimises risk and delivers quality.
Smart Maintenance; A21 can specify O&M, maintenance scheduling as required, such as SFG20 directly into the architect’s specification. Tell us what you need and we can find the best way to incorporate your requirements and produce the BIM information required to deliver this.
A21architects demands best outcomes from the wider consultant team, our active coordination approach means we use our experience to push the wider team such as environmental, mechanical, civil engineers for the best solutions.
Low Embodied Carbon
As certified Passivhaus designers, A21 can use the established EnerPHit and Passive House standards to construct new and retrifit buildings for certified ultra-low energy performance. Early technical detailing & design data produce proposals that are objectively more energy efficient and more comfortable than normal standards.
A21architects Have the Tools to Meet Net Zero Targets
Adaptive Reuse, Retrofit and Lifecycle Verification; A21 produce the specific documentation and proof required to measure carbon savings against "normal practice" by conducting comparative assessments to demonstrate measurable improvement.
A21 untilses proprietary databases of specialist low-carbon construction materials to guide specification. This allows us to systematically substitute materials with lower-carbon alternatives.
