Sandy Road Clinic
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Community health centre, which aims to promote awareness of healthcare in the community through a strong street presence and a high degree of openness
The glazed frontage beneath the zinc-clad upper levels reveals an open stair within a triple height void, which forms the hub of the building and links the clinic facilities and administrative office space. To provide privacy the principle spaces of consulting rooms and large offices are predominantly contained within a timber box to the rear of the building.
The nursery accommodation, which is an autonomous part of the building, has a requirement for privacy and containment and is physically separated from both the road and the rest of the building. It is built under a projecting canopy that creates sheltered play spaces.
Landscaping slabs at the rear of the building have three distinct levels, reflecting the development of the growing children and the different nursery classes.
Data
- Begun: Mar 2003
- Completed: 2004
- Floor area: 1,580m2
- Sector: Healthcare
- Total cost: £2.1M
- Tender date: Dec 2002
- Procurement: Traditional selective competitive tendering using JCT 98 (Scottish Building Contract with Quantities)
- Address: Sandy Road Clinic, 12 Sandy Road, Glasgow, G11 6HE, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Gareth Hoskins Architects
- Project architect: Gareth Hoskins
- Client: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Quantity surveyor: John Danskin
- Structural engineer: Rennie
- Main contractor: Kier Scotland
- Services engineer: DSSR
Suppliers
- M and E installations: Balfour Kilpatrick
- Steel frame: Newton Fabrication
- Zinc cladding: Rheinzink
- External render and timber cladding: Bryceland Timber
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