Maggie’s Centre Southampton General Hospital Building, Architects, English Cancer Caring Centre, Hampshire Healthcare
Maggie’s Centre Southampton Building
Cancer Care Centre Project in Hampshire, Southern England design by AL_A led by Amanda Levete Architect
29 Jun 2021
Design: AL_A
Maggie?s centre Southampton designed by AL_A

Maggie?s has 25 years of experience providing free cancer support and information in centres across the UK. The new centre, which transforms a corner of the hospital site previously used for car parking, offers support for the hospital?s specialist oncology unit, serving a population of 3.2 million people across the region.

A woodland oasis set in the grounds of the hospital?s suburban campus, almost three quarters of the site is given over to four distinct gardens that reflect the ecology of the nearby New Forest. Amanda Levete, Principal of AL_A, says: ?We have imagined that a piece of garden has been transported from the New Forest into the midst of the hospital?s car park, bringing serenity and a bit of magic to the place.?
The building?s skeleton, which extends outside of the building enclosure, is formed by the four blade walls made from ceramics. The earthiness of the clay colour roots the centre to the ground. The four corners are clad in a mottled stainless steel giving a dreamy reflection of the surrounding landscape, placing the garden front and centre. The structure itself seems to disappear as it reflects the surrounding tr...