Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) needed to redevelop a hospital campus and create a new landmark facility in the city of Liverpool.
The new Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the first acute care facility completed as part of the New Hospital Programme, an initiative of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) to update regulations and health care practices, standardize clinical spaces, provide 100 percent single-patient rooms and create hospital buildings that are flexible, agile and future proof.
LUHFT wanted the project to integrate the hospital into its community and help reactivate the surrounding neighborhood and broader city centre.
To deliver the utmost benefit to all hospital users, key design criteria included providing maximum levels of daylight, views and access to landscaping, easy wayfinding and an uplifting, holistic health care environment.
The project was delayed mid-construction due to unforeseen circumstances. When work resumed the design team refurbished much of the previously built facility and successfully finished the project.
