Maggie's Centre, Aberdeen
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Cancer care centre at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Built at Aberdeen’s Forester Hill hospital campus the building sits as a pavilion in the middle of an open field.
An exterior white concrete shell curves over timber pods containing the building’s main rooms, which are arranged around a central courtyard space.
The Maggie’s centre is primarily on one ground floor level with a smaller mezzanine area for the centre’s office.
Data
- Begun: Aug 2012
- Completed: Sep 2013
- Floor area: 350m2
- Sector: Healthcare
- Procurement: JCT 2011
- Address: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Snøhetta
- Client: Maggie's Centre
- Local architect: Halliday Fraser Munro
- Structural engineer: Fairhurst and Partners
- M&E engineer: KJ Tait
- Quantity surveyor: McLeod and Aitken
- Main contractor: Robertson Construction