The gleaming white ceramic granite exterior envelope of the new ward complex at Chesterfield Royal Hospital is one of the most striking aspects of this impressive £12 million building.
The 2000m2 of prefabricated ceramic granite panels used to create the ventilated facades of this sleek and minimalistic development were supplied by Shackerley and have been installed using the company’s Queen’s Award winning Sureclad Access System. The facades were specified by The Manser Practice and installed by Task Contracts for main contractors GB Building Solutions (Wakefield).
Project Architect Guy Barlow, one of the first UK specifiers to recognise the many aesthetic, technical and environmental benefits of ceramic granite as a ventilated facade material in the 1990s, was responsible for delivering the new wards for the Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:
“This new three-storey building significantly extends the hospital’s capacity, providing almost a hundred additional beds for patients,” he said, “We were seeking a simple aesthetic, with crisp clean lines and flush glazing, but with a very high quality finish. We’d always planned to clad the building with ceramic granite rainscreens, and as this practice has considerable experience of using Shackerley’s ventilated facades, the Sureclad system was an ideal solution.”
“The decision was clinched when Shackerley introduced us a new style of panel which hadn’t previously been used in this country in an exterior cladding system. We knew straight away that the ‘almost-white’, monochromatic coloured panel with its polished surface and high degree of reflectivity was just what we were looking for.”
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