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healthcare
By Michael Webb
Photography by
David Barbour
Dean Street
Express
A storefront London clinic designed by
PENSON has the lure of a cool boutique
T
he London-based firm PENSON specializes
in the design of exuberant workplaces, with
bright lighting, bold colors, and eye-catching
patterns. While not known as a healthcare
design firm, it brought that same vibrant spirit to a
sexual health clinic in London's Soho. Dean Street
Express is the first of its kind as a facility that provides
speedy sexually transmitted disease testing in a
boutique-like, inviting atmosphere eschewing any
stigma or preconceptions of such a clinic.
Sponsored by the City of Westminster and
operated by the National Health Service (NHS), the clinic
is the brainchild of two progressive physicians, Dr. Alan
McOwan and Dr. Leslie Chislett, who run a more
conventional clinic on the same street. "We told PENSON
we wanted something that looked completely different
from any other health clinic," McOwanm says. "Funding
is getting tighter, so we had to adapt, but it's certainly
a radical statement."
Over the past three centuries, London's Soho has
evolved from a community of immigrants from Europe
and Asia to a hub of theater and movie production, clubs,
and restaurants. On weekend nights, Soho is one big
party, making it an ideal location for the clinic. Lead
architect Andrew Tapsell understood the client's desire
for a storefront operation that would alleviate the fear
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and social stigma associated with getting tested for
sexually transmitted diseases. The client located an old
Soho building formerly occupied by an office, and Taspell
gutted the ground floor and basement to transform the
3,720-square-foot interior.
Streamlined, discrete intake process
A lacy pattern printed on tinted film decorates walls and
ceilings. It masks the glazed street facade but reveals
movement beyond. "The doctors wanted someone
walking past to catch a glimmer of what is happening
and feel tempted to go inside-like an impulse shopper,"
Tapsell explains. "It encourages people to get a check-up
while taking their minds off where they are."
The intake process at this clinic is designed
to be streamlined to avoid wait times for patients.
A receptionist guides walk-ins to a bank of touch
screens, where they enter vital information and are
directed to one of four screening rooms down an
axial corridor. The patient's sample is whisked by
pneumatic tube to the test lab across from reception,
where it is loaded into a complex machine that gives
off a futuristic blue glow: technology as spectacle.
Stairs lead down to a waiting area and four consulting
rooms, and test results can be texted to mobile
phones in two hours, sparing patients' anxiety.
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Contract - October 2014
Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: Nurturing Staff to Enrich a Healthy Firm
Product Focus: Bedside Manner
Product Briefs
Lenox Hill HealthPlex
Dean Street Express
Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (North)
2014 Healthcare Environment Awards
Mount Elizabeth Hospital Novena
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
Stanford Infusion Therapy & Ambulatory Treatment Center
Park Nicollet Women’s Center
American University of Beirut Academic and Clinical Center
Moorings Park Center for Healthy Living
Wellbrooke of Westfield
Colonel Robert L. Howard State Veterans Home
Book: Medical and Dental Space Planning, Fourth Edition
Book: Greening Health Care, How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet
Designers Select: Healthcare
Sources
Ad Index
Interior Detail
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Contract - October 2014 - Product Focus: Bedside Manner
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Contract - October 2014 - Lenox Hill HealthPlex
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Contract - October 2014 - Dean Street Express
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Contract - October 2014 - 2014 Healthcare Environment Awards
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Contract - October 2014 - Mount Elizabeth Hospital Novena
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Contract - October 2014 - Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
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Contract - October 2014 - Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
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Contract - October 2014 - Stanford Infusion Therapy & Ambulatory Treatment Center
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Contract - October 2014 - Park Nicollet Women’s Center
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Contract - October 2014 - American University of Beirut Academic and Clinical Center
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Contract - October 2014 - Moorings Park Center for Healthy Living
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Contract - October 2014 - Wellbrooke of Westfield
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Contract - October 2014 - Colonel Robert L. Howard State Veterans Home
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Contract - October 2014 - Book: Medical and Dental Space Planning, Fourth Edition
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Contract - October 2014 - Book: Greening Health Care, How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet
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Contract - October 2014 - Designers Select: Healthcare
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Contract - October 2014 - Sources
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Contract - October 2014 - Ad Index
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