PROJECT

Farnogue Residential Healthcare Centre, Co. Wexford

This competition winning 50 bed centre has ‘households’ of 20 and 30 bedrooms, a shared therapy module and related community spaces.

It has a domestic character with many opportunities for residents to engage in care, social and gardening activities

CATEGORY

Health

CLIENT

Health Service Executive/Glenbeigh Construction

SERVICES

Lead Consultancy and Full Architectural Design Service

VALUE

€6 million

STATUS

Completed 2012

Project Overview

This competition winning 50 bed centre has ‘households’ of 20 and 30 bedrooms, a shared therapy module and related community spaces. It has a domestic character with many opportunities for residents to engage in care, social and gardening activities.

Accommodation is ranged around well planted and landscaped courtyards offering delight and pleasure in sheltered and protected external spaces. The building is stepped in section sitting comfortably into the steep contours of the site. This is a highly sustainable facility with a small carbon footprint and A3 BER.