Project facts and team
- Client: Claire House Children’s Hospice Charity
- Status: RIBA Stage 2
Project summary
After an invited design competition, DMA were appointed to create new facilities for this charity that provides end-of-life care and support for children and their families. The brief requires specialised accommodation; an end-of-life care unit, respite care and a “butterfly suite” where children are laid to rest.
Working closely with the client and through a series of workshops with the clinical teams and the wider staff, we have developed a detailed brief to be carried out in phases. The first stage of the project is a 100sqm atrium, made possible with generous funding from the Gerrard Foundation. This gives Claire House’s teenagers their own space in which to hang out and socialise, with the flexibility to allow use for events and fundraisers.
