Anshen + Allen Associates, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Laing O’Rourke Construction were the winning team in the competition to design a new Cancer Treatment Centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Architects and contractors were required to collaborate from day one and the competition followed a multi-stage process the final stage of which saw teams invited to come up with design concepts for the new building.

Anshen + Allen/Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners/Laing O’Rourke’s winning design is based around the idea of breaking the building down into five three-storey ‘villages’ stacked up on the corner of the site. The judges considered this to be an intelligent and well-considered design, offering a clear strategy that will allow the building to respond to short, mid and long-term change.

The competition allowed teams to engage with the client team, clinical staff, and end users of the building during the design phase. An extensive consultation exercise was held before the final judging session. As well as the ‘village’ idea, a key attraction of the winning scheme was its open and welcoming feel, and consideration of human scale for the user.

Awards

2017 FX Design Awards - Best Public Sector Project
2017 Building Better Healthcare - Grand Prix Design Award, Clinician’s choice, Best sustainable development, Best acute hospital development, Best internal environment
2017 New London Architecture - Ashden Prize for Sustainability, Built Wellbeing
2017 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards - London regional
2017 LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Building Excellence Awards - Best Public Service Building
2017 European Healthcare Design Awards - Interior Design and the Arts
2017 ICE London Civil Engineering Awards - Best Building
2016 Healthcare Business Awards - Best Hospital Building
2015 Architects for Health (AfH) award for Ideas or New Concepts
2013 Be Inspired Award Winner - Innovation in building