Four designs and eight colourways from Forbo’s extensive Marmoleum floor collection have created a durable, design-led, resilient surface flooring solution for NHS Tayside’s new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) unit.
Built in Dundee, the new £8 million facility provides round-the-clock care for young people across the north of Scotland coping with mental health conditions.
Director at Dundee-based Gauldie Wright & Partners and project architect for the unit, Peter Kingston, commented: “Designed with the complex needs of the users in mind, now and in the future, the building is bright and welcoming and we wanted flooring that would enhance its design internally. The Marmoleum collection offers a great range of designs with the advantage of a large colour palette, allowing us to create exactly the finish we were looking for.”
The retro-yet-modern linear design of Marmoleum Striato in the warm tone of Compressed Time has added an extra dimension to corridors, whilst the multi-shaded Colour Stream sets the tone perfectly for the Art Resource Room.
In classroom areas, complementary Marmoleum colourways were combined to help to create a positive learning environment. In the bedroom wings, Marmoleum Real, with its classic marble structure, features in three contrasting colours in a floor scheme designed to help patients, visitors and staff with wayfinding.
Peter continued: “Marmoleum is particularly versatile. Apart from achieving an A+ rating in healthcare, as assessed by BREEAM, it is especially good from a durability and cleaning perspective for general circulation areas like receptions and corridors, canteens and waiting areas. It also offers health and hygiene benefits thanks to its inherent anti-bacterial qualities, which for a healthcare environment is obviously essential.”
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