CHASE FARM HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
CONVERSION OF OLD MORTUARY TO NEW LECTURE THEATRE
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Location: The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middx. A feature building with main road frontage, at the entrance to the Chase Farm Hospital site.
The project involved the stripping out of the old mortuary, which was still furnished with its original fridges and equipment. The 19th Century brick shell was then reconstructed from bare brickwork.
The project included for the formation of a small extension, plus the rehabilitation of the existing building and adaptation to accommodate a 130 seat tiered lecture theatre, complete with projection room, seminar room, toilet facilities and reception.
The building was extended in the same style as the original, and was then re-roofed to the original specification, but incorporating a new internal steel frame to support the unusual Victorian roof structure, which was reconstructed to accommodate the new plant and equipment.
Internally, tiered seating was created, and the project included the provision of new lecture theatre style seating, and was fully fitted out with projection equipment, projection screens, fixed overhead projectors, and audio loop. The building was handed over when fully ready for use.
The lecture theatre was fully air conditioned, and the ventilation system was designed to take advantage of free cooling, whilst employing a heat pump system to heat in winter and cool in summer, all on a stepped variable air flow volume, adjusted automatically to suit occupancy levels.
The project was funded entirely out of charitable donations, and was delivered within 3% of the original target cost.
Client: Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust Post Graduate Education Department
