The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre in Harrogate has officially been opened.
Designed by IBI Group, and built by Sir Robert McAlpine, the ‘gracefully curved’ building is planned around two linked ‘pebbles’.
Simon Henderson, head of Cancer Environments at Macmillan Cancer Support, added: “By listening to what patients and staff told us they wanted, we have turned the traditional treatment centre on its head, and put their needs at the heart of this inspiring building.”
At the heart of each ‘pebble’ is a ‘healing garden’. A comfortable reception within the first pebble leads into the consulting, examination, therapies, and information facilities. A generously glazed informal seating space forms the link to the second, housing the more private treatment facility.
The design complies with the ‘Macmillan Quality Environment Mark’, and is set to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’.
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