Ground floor circulation route viewed from above. Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom. Architect: BDP, 2014.

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The new hospital presents a high quality public face utilising a semi-randomised facade aesthetic giving a non-institutional character to the bedroom wings. The geometry and massing of the building relate to the grain and slope of the site giving an urban scale at the heart of the scheme with a stepped form mediating the suburban scale of the adjoining residential area to the south. The building is designed to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating with a carbon footprint below government targets, making it the most sustainable major acute hospital in the UK.

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