A wide range of Altro flooring and hygienic wall cladding has been used to create a homely atmosphere, with a ‘wow’ factor, in the Meadow Birth Centre at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester.
The centre is run by experienced midwives, and offers a comfortable environment where birth is treated as a ‘normal’ process. This style of birthing unit is becoming more popular throughout the UK. Those involved with the project visited other birthing units to see what was already being done successfully.
Altro’s products were chosen as they fulfil the hospital’s design requirements to combine original and striking aesthetics with practicality. Altro Whiterock Chameleon wall cladding was chosen to add stunning, bright blocks of high gloss colour in birthing rooms, corridors, kitchens, and en suite bathrooms. These bursts of colour were used alongside Altro Whiterock White to create unusual and striking designs.
Safety flooring was a must for the unit, and Altro Aquarius – a specialist solution developed specifically for use in wet and dry areas, for shoe and barefoot use – was ideal for this environment, which sees midwives, other staff, and visitors, plus mothers, in and out of birthing pools with bare feet.
Louise Turbutt, Meadow Birth Centre midwife team leader, said: “Altro’s products have been a welcome addition to our new Meadow Birth Centre; they have proved high quality, and are easy to clean. Being bright and bold, they enhance the environment of the rooms in the unit, and help achieve the look we wanted.”
Altro Limited
Works Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 1NW
Tel: 01462 489516
www.altro.co.uk
