GenesisCare – Playford Health Hub, SA
This advanced cancer care facility is situated within the new Playford Health Hub building appurtenant to the Lyell McEwin Hospital, providing a range of wrap-around services within the growing health precinct.
Client: GenesisCare, SHAPE
Location: Elizabeth Vale, SA
MODE Expertise: Architecture, Interior Design
Project Team: Peter Bertram, Bradley Chimes, David Hamilton, Khwaja Moosa Bakhsh
Completion Date: December 2024
GenesisCare – Oncology Fitout, Playford Health Hub
The fitout of this 940m2 floor delivered a contemporary cancer treatment centre focused on providing warm and supportive spaces to make both patients and staff feel welcomed, safe and cared for.
The centre opens from the building’s lobby into a generous reception and waiting area with a beverage bay, helping patients and carers feel at home; as easing anxiety through what is often an overwhelming process of cancer care, is integral to GenesisCare’s aim. This reception area connects to a series of restrooms and four consult rooms which are often the initial point of treatment discussion and clinical care.
Branching off the other side of the reception area, is the treatment side of the facility which houses back-off-house control rooms for medical equipment along with medication stores and utility rooms to ensure medical cleanliness is maintained.
From a patient interaction perspective this area first guides users to a sub-wait area which is overlooked by the nurse station. This adjacency allows staff to assist patients with garment changing in preparation for either scanning in the computed tomography (CT) imaging room, or treatment within the linear accelerator (LINAC) room. Post procedures, the holding bay across from the nurse station accommodates a comfortable place for patients to be cared for prior to being discharged.
The project was design and constructed to meet the 6 Star rating of the Green Building Council of Australia. This was an initiative which was integrated into the base building of the Playford Health Hub and carried through each of the tenancy fitouts within.