BDP, which was responsible for drawing up plans for 6 emergency Nightingale hospitals, looks at the ways in which lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic could inform the way healthcare provision in the UK is designed in future
Nick Fairham, Principal at global architecture practice, BDP, which was responsible for drawing up plans for six emergency Nightingale hospitals in England and Wales, looks at the ways in which lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic could inform the way healthcare provision in the UK is designed in future.
With COVID-19 having impacted upon every facet of our healthcare system, it is crucial that we look, as a society, at how we design healthcare buildings going forward. Times of crisis require innovative thinking to tackle often unprecedented challenges, which in turn paves the way for new ideas and ways of working that can shape the future for the better.
The COVID pandemic sparked an enormous collaborative effort in the conversion of stadia and conference centres to temporary hospitals, as well as the creation of testing laboratories, right through to many outpatient facilities being delivered ‘virtually’ for the first time. Here at BDP we have identified 10 themes that have emerged as a result of the pandemic, and why we believe these will become more important than ever in designing healthcare buildings that accommodate the new operational realities of a post-COVID-19 era.
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