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Architects were given the challenge to design a new integrated care centre in Kentish Town that would deliver a flagship building, new models of care, enhance integrated working and provide a model for future delivery of primary care throughout the country.

During the design stage of the competition two interim briefing sessions were held in the competing Architect’s offices. A consultation exercise with local residents, staff and patients preceded a final judging session held at the RIBA on 24 July 2002.

Winning Architects AHMM based their design on the idea of using ‘Jenga’ style blocks to break down the mass of the building. Said Paul Monaghan, Project Architect; 'We wanted to design a building that didn’t feel institutionalised. By breaking down the mass and bringing a lively and dynamic heart to the building we think we have achieved this.'

The new Centre forms part of the Kentish Town Integrated Primary Care Project, an initiative which seeks to better integrate and therefore improve the efficiency of primary care, community care and social services. Camden was selected as one of 6 areas nationally to pilot the use of a new mechanism for funding and managing the redevelopment of Primary Care, an initiative known as a Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT).

Awards

RIBA Award 2009

Shotlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize 2009

Lift Award 2009: Best Design in a Healthcare Project