Title & Author:

Building Case Study 4 - Hospital : Mid-Kent Oncology Centre, Maidstone / [presented by] Roger Burr (Powell Moya Partnership).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1993.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (59 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Site Plan -- General View -- Plan Of Centre -- Linear Accelerator Enclosure. Axonometric & Plan -- Long Section -- Progress View From Road -- Service Block -- Landscape Plan -- Inner Courtyards -- Consulting Room -- Progress Photo -- Management Control Plan -- Services Into Wall In Progress -- Linear Accelerator Being Built -- Radiation Shield Around -- Courtyard In Treatment Section -- Medium Linear Accelerator Room -- Link To Main Hospital -- A Treatment Room -- Model Of Centre -- Reception Area -- Art Works Will Be Hung In This Corridor Joining Sub-Waiting Areas -- A Canopy Marks Main Entrance.
The discussion took place in Powell Moya Partnership's Chelsea office, hence some background sounds.

Summary:

A cancer treatment centre, added to an existing hospital, is the fourth of Pidgeon's Building Case Studies, in which the development of a building is discussed by all those concerned with its design and construction. The main requirements of the project related to the shortest time-scale to bring the centre on stream in 1993, at the same time using the most advanced equipment and diagnosis. The building won a RIBA Award in 1993. The speakers were: • Roger Burr, Architect Partner, Powell Moya Partnership • Andrew Mason, Project Architect, Powell Moya Partnership • Jeremy Leyer, Landscape Architect • Chris Baxter, Services Engineer, R.W. Gregory • Ian W. Menzies, Structural Engineer, Charles Weiss Partnership • Gerald Stone, Project Manager, AYH Health • Anthony Field, Quantity Surveyor, AYH Partnership • Wendy Pitts, Project Manager, J. Mowlem Construction.

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architectural design Great Britain.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Modern.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Burr, Roger, narrator.
Mason, Andrew, narrator.
Leyer, Jeremy, narrator.
Baxter, Chris, (architect), narrator.
Menzies, Ian W., narrator.
Stone, Gerald, narrator.
Field, Anthony, narrator.
Pits, Wendy, narrator.