Location Al Wakrah, Qatar Client Private Engineering Office of the Emir of Qatar Role Architect, Masterplanner, Research Principal Year 2015 Value $196m Contact Mungo Smith The Al Wakra Recovery and Respite Centre is a 160 bed mental health centre providing a full suite of sub-acute mental health services, forensic mental health care, drug and substance abuse care and outpatient services, alongside units for inpatient residents. MAAP’s competition winning scheme draws on evidence-based salutogenic design principles, a deep understanding of local Qatari cultural heritage and Islamic design principles. Al Wakra Mental Health Facility Jacaranda Place Clock View Glenside Health Campus See All › Related Projects The patient is the focus of the service. Treatment spaces are designed as non-institutional, resort-like environments drawing on a typology of traditional Qatari spaces. ‘On-stage’ patient-facing areas are clearly separated from ‘off-stage’ support spaces. Courtyards and covered walkways create visual buffers between staff and patient spaces while providing both with veiled observation opportunities and liberating views of nature and sky. Therapeutic gardens form a significant part of the design response. A wide range of garden types are incorporated, each serving a different need, from private terraces which extend each bedroom, to semi-private courtyards, and common courtyards in residential clusters. At a larger scale, gardens and terraces for therapy, activity and socialisation knit together to make meaningful and comprehensible spaces suited to recovery from severe mental illness. Awards 2014 Winner International Design Competition

Location Client Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Role Year 2014 Value £21.5m Contact Queen Elizabeth Emergency Care Centre Shoalhaven Hospital Multi-Deck Carpark The Prince Charles Hospital Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) See All › Related Projects

Alexandria Health Centre by MAAP Architects and Warren and Mahoney has won a 2023 WAFX Award in the Ageing and Health category. 6 September 2023 Alexandria Health Centre wins WAFX Award for Ageing and Health Alexandria Health Centre by MAAP Architects and Warren and Mahoney has won a 2023 WAFX Award in the Ageing and Health category. The WAFX Prize recognises projects that demonstrate forward thinking methods for architectural design to tackle major world issues, including health, climate change, technology, ethics and values. Winning projects are chosen from the WAF Future Projects shortlist, for which the project was nominated in the Health category. The facility aims to raise awareness, promote acceptance, offer support, and aid in recovery and healing. To achieve this goal, the project has identified four key design drivers: sound clinical planning; an elevated customer experience; a considered urban response; and embedding a connection to country and Indigenous concepts of wellness. The project places functionality, equality, and dignity for all people at the forefront of its design. Soft edges, a strong connection to nature, clear and accessible circulation and warm materiality create an environment that will be calming and comfortable to return to over time – creating a positive experience to embark on their healing journey. Alexandria Health Centre wins WAFX Award for Ageing and Health Mental Health Alexandria Health Centre shortlisted at World Architecture Festival Awards Mental Health Clock View Hospital recognised for enduring value Mental Health See All › Related Knowledge

We have been building innovative, research-led projects for more than 30 years and have masterminded the creation of over $7bn of healthcare infrastructure. 2019 Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand n/a Mental Health Multi-Storey Mental Health Facilities 2017 CPG Consultants | MOH Holdings | Singapore Ministry of Health not disclosed Mental Health, Aged Care, Masterplanning Ang Mo Kio Nursing Home 2014 Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust £1.7m Mental Health Oakwood, Adult Autism Care Unit 2014 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust £0.65m Acute Health Dementia Friendly Environments, Guy’s and St Thomas’ 2014 Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £50m Mental Health Hopewood Park 2014 Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust £21.5m Acute Health Queen Elizabeth Emergency Care Centre 2013 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £0.25m Acute Health The Heart Hospital Reconfiguration 2013 Technology Strategy Board | Oxford Brookes University n/a Mental Health, Research & Guidance Design for Future Health TIME Project: Edge Lane Hospital 2013 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £8m Mental Health Tyne, Low Secure Unit 2012 Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust £10m Mental Health Northgate Centre and Amsgill Unit 2011 Northern Ireland Health Estates £2.5m Community Health Carrickore Children’s Home 2011 South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust Not disclosed Mental Health Springfield Hospital Masterplan 2011 Acciona Infrastructures £443m Acute Health New Oakville Hospital 2009 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £6.1m Mental Health Rose Lodge Assessment and Treatment Unit 2009 NHS Estates | Department of Health n/a Research & Guidance Health Building Notes - HBN 04 (2nd Ed) – Acute Inpatient Accommodation 2009 Laing O’Rourke / Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust £6.5m Acute Health Claydon Wing, Stoke Mandeville Hospital 2009 Laing O’Rourke / Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £0.4m Mental Health Dene Ward, Cherry Knowle Hospital 2009 Integrated Health Projects / South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust £23m Mental Health Wandsworth Recovery Centre 2009 Laing O’Rourke / Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust £12.6m Acute Health Mandeville Wing, Stoke Mandeville Hospital 2008 Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust £2.6m Acute Health, Research & Guidance Bevan Ward - Single Bedroom Pilot Project 2008 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £4.5m Mental Health Northgate Hospital Villas 2008 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £8m Mental Health Greentrees Unit, St Nicholas Hospital 2007 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £1.1m Mental Health Bede Wing, South Tyneside Hospital 2007 Consort / Balfour Beatty £20m Community Health Blackpool Primary Care Centre 2006 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust £15.5m Mental Health Bamburgh Clinic 2006 Mersey Care NHS Trust £12.5m Mental Health Rathbone Hospital Low Secure Unit 2005 Metropolitan Housing Trust / South London and Maudsley NHS Trust £2.2m Mental Health De Crespigny Park 1999 Drs. Graham, Seyan and Partners £0.2m Community Health Simpson House Medical Centre 1997 NHS Estates | Department of Health n/a Research & Guidance Health Building Notes - HBN 35 Part 3 – Accommodation for People with Mental Illness 1995 West Herts Community Health NHS Trust £4m Community Health West Herts Community Treatment Units 1994 NHS Birmingham East and North £1.8m Community Health Small Heath Health Centre 1992 NHS Estates | Department of Health n/a Research & Guidance Health Building Notes - HBN 27 – Intensive Therapy Unit 1991 Dr Hill & Partners £0.5m Community Health The Riverside Primary Care Surgery Community Health, Mental Health Alexandria Health Centre Project Year Value Sector Client Learn More › Our award-winning approach is grounded in a long history of research and innovation. We work closely with our clients to provide specialist research, strategic advice, and unique solutions in response to complex design challenges and demanding delivery frameworks. Research & Knowledge We have built and masterplanned billions of dollars of health infrastructure over the past 30 years. Read More Archive

Location Little Bromwich, Birmingham, UK Client NSW Health Infrastructure | Northern Sydney Local Health District Role Architect, Health Planner, Interior Designer, Landscape Architect Year 1994 Value £2m Contact Mungo Smith MAAP's innovative design for Little Bromwich supported one of the most forward approaches to mental health policy in the UK, pioneered by the Mental Health NHS Trust in the 90’s. The original Trust plan for a conventional 100-bed psychiatric unit was overturned in favour of three small centres each with beds, day spaces and outpatient facilities which also serves as CMHCs. These smaller centres offer opportunities for more flexible provision and serve communities of differing character. Little Bromwich Jacaranda Place Clock View Glenside Health Campus See All › Related Projects The final design is made up of a 32 bed older adult assessment unit and a 40 place day hospital. The building maintains the separate functions of each of its parts. It takes the form of seven linked single story pavilions arranged to take advantage of the sloping site and to make intimate, partially enclosed terraces and gardens around its perimeter. A long timber canopy leads into an open forum, the hub of the building where day-patients and visitors are received. From it radiate two day hospital pavilions (for organic and functional illnesses) with a ramped link to the inpatient facilities. The plan form also divides the service users into the two groups with a flexible swing zone which can accommodate residents for more closely observed assessment and take up fluctuations in each group.

Location Ang Mo Kio, Singapore Client CPG Consultants | MOH Holdings | Singapore Ministry of Health Role Architect, Masterplanner Year 2017 Value not disclosed Contact Ang Mo Kio Nursing Home Jacaranda Place Shoalhaven Hospital Multi-Deck Carpark The Prince Charles Hospital See All › Related Projects

Location Prudhoe, UK Client Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust Role Architect, Masterplanner Year 2011 Value £25m Contact Mungo Smith Ferndene brings together children’s mental health and learning disability services for the first time in the UK in a 40 bed residential centre for those aged 4 to 18 years old. The building is conceived as a hand with fingers of bedroom accommodation spanning out from a central activity building in the palm. Courtyard gardens signal the transition from private bed spaces to shared therapy areas. The positioning of living and day space at the fingertips sets up panoramic views over the mature woodland and Northumbrian hills beyond. Ferndene Children & Young People's Centre We are so pleased with Ferndene, it doesn’t feel like a hospital and is a wonderful place to work. Fellow staff and young people have literally drawn gasps when visiting and that confirms how well it was designed and conceived. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Eddy Wilkinson Education Activities Coordinator, Ferndene Children and Young People’s Centre Jacaranda Place Clock View Glenside Health Campus See All › Related Projects The scheme successfully strikes a fine balance between providing safe, low secure accommodation while fostering a sense of domesticity throughout. Safe fixtures, fittings and robust background fabric were conceived and composed to be discreet and integral to the design of the buildings rather than ‘add-on’ features. Developing the design closely with input from the young inhabitants has ensured that the building responds directly to their needs. It cleverly avoids the institutional characteristics of a traditional mental health building whilst providing a safe and salutogenic environment. Awards 2012 Project of the Year Constructing Excellence North East Awards 2012 Integration & Collaborative Working Constructing Excellence North East Awards 2012 Integration & Collaborative Working Constructing Excellence National Awards 2012 Best Innovation Society of British Interior Design Awards 2012 Best Use of the Arts Building Better Healthcare Awards 2012 International Mental Health Design D&H International Academy Awards 2012 Non-Residential Winner Insulated Render & Cladding Association

Location Client Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Role Year 2013 Value £8m Contact Tyne, Low Secure Unit Jacaranda Place Clock View Glenside Health Campus See All › Related Projects

​MAAP Architects is a research-led and health-focused architecture, interior design and masterplanning studio. We design flexible, adaptable, people-centred environments. We design flexible, adaptable, people-centred environments. Read More MAAP is a research-led architecture, urban design, and health planning studio. We collaborate with clients to provide specialist research, strategic advice, and unique solutions in response to complex design challenges and demanding delivery frameworks. Our Studio › Quality. Flexibility. Adaptability. Jacaranda Place Glenside Health Campus Clock View See More › Selected Projects The Well Placed Hospital The Missing Middle See More › MAAP is committed to high quality, flexible and adaptable designs and patient centred environments. We collaborate with clients to provide specialist research, strategic advice, and unique solutions in response to complex design challenges and demanding delivery frameworks. Research & Knowledge Alexandria Health Centre wins WAFX Award for Ageing and Health Clock View Hospital recognised for enduring value MAAP shortlisted for 2021 Wolfson Prize See More › Latest News Aged Care Acute Health Community Healthcare Education Urban Design Mental Health Masterplanning With our roots in the Medical Architecture Research Unit at London South Bank University, our work is built on research, innovation, and industry firsts. Our thinking has established best practice in healthcare architecture, resulting in better outcomes for patients, carers, and medical professionals. Expertise See More › Descending from the Medical Architecture Research Unit, we are born from research, innovation, and industry firsts. Our thinking defines industry best practice in healthcare architecture, creating better outcomes for patients, carers, and medical professionals. Expertise We have been building innovative, research-led projects for more than 30 years and offer masterplanning, architecture and health planning services worldwide. Get in touch to explore how we can work together. Get in Touch › Contact

Location Birmingham, UK Client Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Role Architect, Health Planner, Interior Design, Landscape Architect Year 2002 Value £9m Contact Mungo Smith The reprovision of Highcroft Hospital followed the development of successful community-based centres elsewhere in the area. The new Hospital was intended as a catalyst for change in the ethos of service’s asylum-based model where emphasis is on integration of design with service principles, a focus on respect, dignity, privacy and self-determination during crisis, treatment and rehabilitation. Highcroft Hospital A refreshing design approach allowed to flourish despite the obstacles of PFI. This is a truly delightful piece of work. It resonates with playfulness, colour, nature and in places a friendly monumentality. Jonathan Wilson Journal for Healthcare Design & Development Jacaranda Place Clock View Glenside Health Campus See All › Related Projects The development is made up of the following new buildings: - 28 bed Older Adult Assessment Unit supplemented by a 20 place Day Hospital. - 26 bed High Dependency Unit with direct areas to a core activity centre. - 13 bed Rehabilitation Unit providing self-contained hotel style flats. In order to reconfigure the site, new buildings were located on the periphery of the surrounding community to integrate with the urban context and other new on-site developments. Graduated and controlled territory is central to the successful design and operation of this modern mental health building. MAAP took great care in delineating public spaces, semi-public spaces and personal territory where you can retreat, be safe and concentrate without being disturbed by others.

MAAP is a global architecture, urban design, and health planning practice. Based in Sydney, we work across Australia and have recently completed projects in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Jordan, Pakistan and Qatar. MAAP is a global architecture, urban design, and health planning practice. Based in Sydney, we work across Australia and have recently completed projects in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Jordan, Pakistan and Qatar. We are knowledge leaders in the design of acute and mental health facilities and have made significant contributions to both foundational research and built projects. Our work has been recognised by some of the most respected healthcare and architectural design institutions. Jacaranda Place Shoalhaven Hospital Multi-Deck Carpark Clock View See Awards › Awards Sector Exclusivity We work exclusively in the health and care sector. Our sector-focused approach helps us achieve excellent design outcomes and our projects regularly receive awards acknowledging our imaginative approach combining theory and practice. 1 2 Experience We have over 30 years of experience masterplanning sites, designing buildings, and evaluating completed projects. We have accumulated a significant knowledge base devoted to all types of healthcare facilities. Research and Innovation We are committed to continually improving outcomes by leading research commissions and applying evidence-based findings to our projects. We frequently collaborate with leading international research partners and regularly undertake studies on the design of health facilities to inform future projects. 3 4 Challenging Orthodoxy We have consistently challenged the accepted orthodoxy of the deep plan hospital typology as an appropriate physical environment for treatment and care. Essentially we believe that hospitals benefit holistically from better environments, meaning better air quality, less noise pollution, more natural light, quality aesthetics, improved views and more domestic and human-scaled environments for patients, staff and visitors. User Engagement We often work with complex client and stakeholder organisations, including multiple agencies and tiers of services. We use a variety of “visioning” and participation tools to understand operational and workforce issues. Our staff have personally spent many hours visiting inpatient units and connecting with the service users and service providers to understand their needs. 5 What makes us MAAP In addition to architecture and urban design, we regularly provide government and private clients with independent peer review, strategic advice and international benchmarking research. Recent clients & partners include: Clients & Partners Johnstaff › ARUP › Jacobs › AECOM › Health Infrastructure NSW › Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand › UnitingCare › Victorian Health Building Authority › See All › Digital Design Our projects benefit from advanced Building Information Model (BIM) workflows. We use industry-standard modelling and database software to design and document highly detailed health planning and building information. Some benefits include improved collaboration with stakeholders, consultants and contractors; enhanced visualisation of 3D models; accurate documentation; “fit first time” support for off-site fabrication; and exceptional information quality at handover. We are specialist architects, urban designers, and health planners. Read More Research by Design MAAP was originally established in the UK in 1991 out of the Live Projects Section of the Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU) at London South Bank University. MARU has a strong reputation integrating design, education and research into its course on Health Facility Planning which has attracted post-graduate students from all over the world. We have been building innovative, research-led projects for more than 30 years and offer masterplanning, architecture and health planning services worldwide. Get in touch to explore how we can work together. Contact Us Get in Touch › Sustainability Low carbon impact design is an integral feature of our approach. Projects are interwoven with sustainable design principles such as the provision of natural light and ventilation; selection of building typologies that create protective microclimates; selection of sustainable materials; integration of landscape for mitigation of heat island effects and pollution; and water-sensitive urban design.

MAAP is a uniquely specialised and agile studio with expertise in delivering large, complex projects. MAAP is a uniquely specialised and agile studio with expertise in delivering large, complex projects. Read More Practice Architecture can have a profound influence in enhancing our lives, health, and sense of well-being. Our design approach places an emphasis on accessibility and flexibility, creating spaces that foster well-being and are inclusive to all. Through inventive solutions and thoughtful design, we aim to shape spaces that enrich the human experience, and inspire positive change for individuals, communities, and society, for social good We believe that collaboration and good communication are essential to creating spaces that meet the needs of our clients and project stakeholders. Our studio fosters an inclusive, participatory design approach, promoting meaningful dialogue to understand each project's vision, aspirations, opportunities and challenges. This open exchange of ideas ensures that every healthcare facility is tailored to uniquely reflects our clients' values and objectives. through open conversations Immense benefit can be realised by incorporating natural elements into spaces for health and well-being. By harnessing natural light, fresh air, planting, and views to nature, we create environments that are calming, soothing, and conducive to mental and physical healing and recovery. Our sustainable design approach goes beyond aesthetics, promoting reduced energy demand, on-site renewables, and responsible material selection to minimise carbon footprints. By harmonising with nature, we optimise the well-being of patients, staff, and visitors, while mitigating the impact of our projects on the environment. in concert with nature We design We're always on the lookout for talented people at any stage of their career. Whether you’re an established architect or planner looking for a compelling design challenge, or a recent graduate taking your first steps in the industry, we can provide you with the opportunity to make your mark and build a distinguished and fulfilling career. Join the Team Opportunities are advertised on this website or on LinkedIn when available, but we're always interested in talking to talented people. Send us a one page CV and portfolio to start the conversation. Get in Touch ›