Patients and families first

CMS Window Systems has delivered an extensive package of aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling for a new £21 million hospice in Glasgow, which its development team designed to provide palliative care services in a homely and respectful environment.

Designed by Ryder Architecture and built by main contractor Balfour Beatty, the new Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, created in the city’s leafy Bellahouston Park, is the first hospice in the UK to follow the Sengetun model of care, which has ‘placemaking’ at the centre of its approach. Its Scandinavian design puts patients and families first, with the provision of space for privacy, dignity and compassionate care for all ages.

The new building’s location in Bellahouston Park helps to ensures all senses contribute to enhancing patient care, including sunlight, warmth and the landscape, which support the functions of the building, and create a feeling of home. For this reason, the design of the windows and doors allows for maximum natural daylighting and uncluttered views, with the brief being for high performance aluminium fenestration throughout.

CMS Window Systems, based near Glasgow at Castlecary and a long-term supporter of the hospice’s ‘Brick by Brick’ fundraising campaign, was awarded the £0.5 million glazing contract in a competitive tender, with the specification built around a combination of Metal Technology systems. It was a project that encompassed around 500m2 of Metal Technology System 17 curtain walling and Metal Technology 5-20/7-20 doors. All aluminium profiles, flashings and fixing brackets were finished in RAL 1035 (pearl beige).

Stephen Anderson, aluminium director at CMS Window Systems, said: “The new Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice is a superb new facility that is set to give local people the very best quality of palliative care. After eight years in the planning and construction, it is fantastic to see it come to fruition and to have been part of the project team.”