Hospitality and Adult Care
Blind Veteran UK, Ovingdean Designs for a new Member Lounge
HDS Architects are a highly experienced practice, with extensive experience in designing and overseeing the completion of residential care and healthcare projects. We actively seek projects were we have the opportunity to improve on the wellbeing of people who are at their most vulnerable, be it through a need for additional assistance and care later in life, or following an illness or injury. Our practice strives to create the best care environment possible, in which the resident or patient can live, recover and gain strength. Our experience in healthcare settings informs our care projects, and our team have developed an eye for designing with the resident or patient at the centre, whilst ensuring that care or clinical staff can undertake their roles as effectively and efficiently as possible. The dignity of people who use our facilities is paramount. Having worked with charities and care homes previously, we are aware of the approvals process and management system, present within the charity. As with our work in the NHS, we are also aware of budget constraints and the scrutiny applied, and will design to your fixed budget.
Our Capability Statement We have a strong commitment to high quality design, innovation, inclusivity and sustainability. This is demonstrated through our project track record and repeat custom from our existing private and NHS clients. We deliver high quality designs and projects, on budget and on programme. Our design knowledge and experience has a positive impact on the users of our buildings. We can bring the experienced gained at large design firms to your project, with the personal touch of a non-corporate practice.
Richard Lavine
Chris Pye
Emma Smyth
Director
Director
Associate Director
Architect
Architect
Architect
Jamie Fewings
George Cooper
Peter Reed
Ian Wilcox
Architectural Designer
Senior Architect
Part 1 Architectural Assistant
Operations Manager
Principal Designer
What We Do HDS Architects are a practical, design-led and delivery-focused RIBA Chartered Practice. We were formed in 2011 by Richard Lavine and Chris Pye, both specialist Architects with a wealth of experience at major design studios. We work on a wide variety of schemes and commissions for both public and private sector clients. Our previous clients include several projects at Blind Veterans UK (BVUK), local NHS Trusts, NHS Property Services and private London-based health clinics.
Specialists in Design for Care and Healthcare Our work ranges from major estate rationalisation schemes and master planning to the design of one off buildings and internal refurbishment projects. We are highly experienced at working within existing structures, listed buildings and new build projects alike. We employ qualified professionals that provide a plethora of multi-disciplinary services. Our projects are designed to be inclusive for people from all backgrounds and with all specialist requirements, whether they are a building user or visitor. Through ongoing and proven successful relationships with local consultants, we can provide a single point of contact for your project. In addition to architectural and design consultancy services, we provide access audits, advice on DDA requirements, Principal Designer services, ABD room data sheets and technical compliance against HTMs and HBNs, all using the latest computer software and building information modelling (BIM).
HDS Architects, through a strong work ethic and attention to quality design, have been named as approved suppliers on a number of local frameworks and supply chains. Our services can be procured using any of these frameworks as a direct appointment.
Royal Southampton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre
Hope Dental Hospital Competition Entry
Ashdown Forest Health Centre, east Sussex Refurbishment of the existing centre
Design and Delivery Our practice strives to develop design solutions which meet the needs of staff, patients (or residents/members) and their families, within modern, inclusive spaces. We offer design options and check each design against our rigorous quality control checklist, ensuring compliance with the latest statutory guidance Our health, recreation, residential and care sector design experience gives us a multi-faceted approach to design, helping us to achieve the best design for your project. We encourage active engagement from user groups and clinical representatives to ensure all stakeholder concerns are addressed and included. This is often extended to maintenance, facilities and estates teams to ensure ongoing maintenance protocols are adhered to for ease of use into the future. We have experience in designing and integrating sustainable features into our buildings, including assisting our clients with working towards Net Zero carbon emissions. We can advise on the use of particular low carbon technologies, including advice on pay-back timescales, suitability for your project, and alternatives where applicable. We can also advise on SuDS requirements for planning applications.
Project Experience We are an approachable team with vast experience within healthcare focused projects, ranging from small refurbishment or internal alteration projects, to large new build schemes representing a considerable investment by our clients.
HDS Architects have up-to-date knowledge of all statutory regulations, and are considered a safe pair of hands by our clients.
Nightingale Hammerson Care Home, Wandsworth Proposed plan and post-completion photos, converting 18no. small bedrooms into 15no. larger ensuite rooms. (project completed by Emma Smyth, with a previous employer)
Older Adult Care We have enjoyed an ongoing relationship with Blind Veterans UK for the last few years, undertaking various projects at their flagship residential home at St Dunstan’s, Ovingdean, East Sussex. Over the years, we’ve worked with them to:
update their fire compartmentation to ensure compliance with current regulations. This involved reinstating compartment lines where they’ve been interrupted, replacing doorsets and creating a new fire compartment for escape within the main lobby area.
Listing Building Consent (and subsequent approvals) for alterations to the building, to ensure that BVUK carry the necessary statutory consent to undertake work on a listed building
Refurbishment of the kitchen to meet current fire safety and health & safety standards
Alterations to form a new hairdressing salon, physiotherapy suite, theatre room and games room for the use of Members.
Speculative masterplan scheme to refurbish and rearrange accommodation across the entire building. This scheme would future proof the building, ensuring it would be preserved for future generations while meeting the needs of Members in an up to date, modern fashion.
Renovation to the entrance lobby, and to rearrange Member spaces for improved accessibility and renovations to the swimming pool and changing facilities.
Separately, members of our team have experience with working on large scale residential care home settings, including:
Pepenbury Autism
Nightingale Hammerson, Wandsworth; a partial refurbishment project to provide ensuite bathrooms to all rooms, which resulted in the complete renovation of the whole floor. 18no single rooms with shared facilities became 15no. Ensuite single rooms, together with a new dining room, lounge, library, activity room, and ancillary accommodation.
The Selsey Bill Care Home, Selsey; a listed building requiring a sympathetic extension, and internal alterations to better suit the modern needs of residents
HDS Architects are experienced at designing for older adult residential care, with demonstrable previous projects in extensions, refurbishments and new builds, placing the needs of residents and members at the forefront of design.
Blind Veterans UK, Ovingdean ‘Smart Rooms’ exercise to redesign the layout of existing rooms, adding ensuites and realigning the dimensions of the rooms, to improve the layout and care provision
Holiday Inn, Bulawayo
Conquest Hospital, Hastings
Reconfiguration of all public spaces, including restaurants, conference centre and pool area.
New Pre-School building
Other Services We work with our clients to meet their design aspirations, ensuring that stakeholder requirements are met, whilst enriching their current expectations. We believe this achieves the best end-user experience, enhancing day to day life and strengthening relationships with stakeholders, clients, clinicians and patients.
Accessible Design| We believe that the inclusivity of building users is a fundamental part of any building or wider environment, whether that applies to regular building users or infrequent visitors. Sustainable Design | We assist our clients in meeting their Net Zero Carbon emissions targets by presenting ecologically conscious design alternatives to building materials and energy sources Principal Designers| We have an in-house PD who analyses projects from a practicality and health + safety perspective, ensuring that best practice is integrated into all projects. Visualisations and BIM | We are experienced at BIM level 2. We prepare 3D models of our projects including graphical illustrations, and can work with other consultants in a collaborative 3D project. Multi-Sector Design| We work across the healthcare, residential care, leisure, public and commercial sectors, using experience from all sectors to influence future designs.
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