Architects, ADP, have secured planning permission for a new £2.8m Cancer Support and Information Centre funded by Macmillan Cancer Support for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, based at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
The facility will provide a number of services that will ‘fill the current gap’ for support and information for cancer patients and their families across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Due for completion in 2016, the building will be located in the hospital’s cancer treatment area, and is expected to receive up to 13,000 visitors annually. The Centre will be called ‘The Cove’, with the Cornish location having inspired a ‘beach- themed’ design, reflected in the building’s appearance, materials, and surrounding landscape design.
A publicly accessible information area – designed as an informal café space – will link to a variety of private and support areas, interview and complementary therapy rooms, and a teenage and young adult area. A large group room is also provided. The ‘highly sustainable’ design will harness the building’s orientation and natural ventilation to reduce energy consumption.
