Great Ormond Street Hospital, Sight & Sound Centre

Project key facts

• Redesign and repurposing of the Grade II listed Italian Hospital
• Fire, acoustic and finger safe doorsets supplied
• 235 doorsets supplied across the project

The Great Ormond Street Hospital Sight and Sound Centre supported by Premier Inn was the UK’s first dedicated facility for children with sight and hearing loss. Patients with conditions that affect their ability to see and hear represent the largest outpatient group at GOSH, accounting for 25,000 patient visits each year.

The Sight & Sound Centre project was a redesign and repurposing of the Grade II listed Italian Hospital. The centre houses specialist outpatient facilities for the Audiology and Ophthalmology departments. It includes state-of-the-art soundproofed booths for hearing tests, an eye imaging suite, a dispensing opticians and other testing facilities. Features include a new welcoming arrival zone, artworks with sensory elements and a garden with plants that children can touch and smell.

Kier London called on us to deliver more than 200 doorsets for the project. These included stained oak veneered, laminate and paint grade doors with paint grade and stained oak frames.

The specification also included the Safehinge integral alumax finger safe system and Vistamatic privacy units.