Northern Beaches Hospital
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Northern Beaches Hospital is a new state of the art hospital located in Sydney. The project is a Joint Venture between Healthscope and NSW Government Department of Health, with architecture by BVN. The hospital opened in 2018.
Size: 8.5 hectares
Budget: $2,100,000,000
Scope: Design Competition, Masterplan, Concept Design, Detail Documentation, Construction
1. Concept Perspective of Public Open Space (above left)
2. Main Entry Perspective (below left)
3. Lobby Concept Perspective (above)
Entry Colonnade through Public Open Space
Masterplan Concept Perspective
Landscape Concept Plan Public Open Space
A new model of healthcare where healing is accelerated by connection with nature.
Entry signage
Main pedestrian concourse
Arrival atrium
1. Hospital Arrival Forecourt (above)
2. Main Entry Perspective (above right)
3. Concept Perspective of Public Open Space (below right)
Architects Design Statement
The Northern Beaches Hospital is a Level 5 facility providing a range of services including emergency, interventional, intensive care, high dependency, coronary care, day surgery, medical imaging, maternity and birthing, special care nursery, paediatric inpatient, public and private inpatient units, renal dialysis and day medical facilities, ambulatory care, GP clinic, private consulting suites, mental health unit, clinical support, other support, and associated administrative and front of house services.
The hospital provides 488-beds including a 61-bed Mental Health unit, a 1400-space multi-storey Car Park, 41-space on-grade car park and ancillary precinct-wide development, including landscaping and road works.
The primary objectives of The Northern Beaches Hospital development is to deliver the best quality integrated health services and clinical outcomes to the community of the Northern Beaches of Sydney where public and private health care are integrated into a single facility to maximise the range and breadth of services available.
The Northern Beaches Hospital image is one of care and commitment, safety and excellence. It provides an important civic anchor to Frenchs Forest, and to the whole of the Northern Beaches. This campus is accessible, safe, and approachable to the range of communities it serves and able to be used with confidence and comfort by all cultures. It is a campus in which the community can take pride, providing a welcoming and positive design for patient and staff wellness.
