Pitlochry Care Home,
Perthshire, Scotland
24 Feb 2009
Campbell and Arnott Architects
The Pitlochry Care Home, for Balhousie Care Group, is located only a few
minutes walk from Pitlochry High Street and completes the larger recently
completed Healthcare development located within what was formerly undeveloped
woodland.
The Pitlochry Care Home is part of the larger Public/Private sector development
which brings together several Healthcare facilities onto a single site
to provide a new Community Hospital, Medical Centre for a local GP practice
and bases for District Nurses, Health Visitors and Scottish Ambulance
Service. The Care Home provides 50 bed units.
The setting for the whole development is exceptional, located on open
pasture surrounded on all sides by mature oak woodland, on rising ground.
The contours of the site and the extent of, and the desire to retain,
the mature oak woodland was a deciding factor in the design of the overall
development, providing wonderful views out onto the sloping woodland and
new landscaped gardens. The development radiates of the single curving
access road which enters the site on the eastern side and terminates in
the south-west corner in front of the new Care Home.
The Care Home is a contemporary 2 storey, L-shaped building addressing
and complementing the Hospital development. The main entrance and lounge
areas to the front of the building are distinguished by the blue rendered
blocks projecting out of the main building mass covered by a lower level
canopy roof. The main entrance is centrally placed, easily identifiable,
giving controlled access to the main staircase and lift lobby, overlooked
by the managers office allowing visitors through to the two wings with
bedrooms stretching out to the north-west and north-east. The wings on
each floor contain a 'House' unit with 10 or 11 bedrooms each with lounge
area and sanitary facilities. An additional 7 bedroomed 'House' is provided
on the first floor, above the service area, bringing the total number
of bedrooms to 50. One of the 'Houses' on the ground floor has been designated
a Dementia wing. Service areas such as kitchen, laundry room and staff
facilities are all located on the ground floors back corner with a separate
service entrance.
The building design takes advantage of its location by maximising the
use of natural ventilation and ensuring high levels of daylighting throughout
the building with its large glazed areas.
This along with careful attention to interior design and selection of
materials has created a non-institutional environment which still manages
to adhere to all of the Care Commission's and Building Standards requirements.
The long awaited, privately run Pitlochry Care Home reached completion
in January 2009.
Architects : Campbell and Arnott, Edinburgh
Developer : Balhousie Care Group
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