Baldry Gardens Health Centre is located at the junction of
Baldry Gardens, a tree-lined residential street and Streatham High Road, a major
south London arterial. It is sited on a plot where the land slopes gently from
northeast to southwest and is surrounded predominantly by brick buildings, with
the exception of the complex of 4-5 storey flats to the south dating from the
1960s that have recently been renovated and overclad with render.The new 1,030 sq m 2-storey brick building replaces a single storey
centre on the same site.
The building form
is dictated by the constraints of the site, resulting in an L-shaped plan. This
form affords two wings of cellular rooms arranged either side of a central
corridor separated by a reception area and waiting room. Given the
clinical setting, any conflict that might have arisen between a daylit interior
and a concern for dignity is resolved by placing clinical rooms and consulting
rooms on the 1st floor. The principal reception/waiting room is also
located on the first floor in a light filled double aspect space at the centre
of the plan. The ground floor is reserved for office accommodation, store
rooms, plant rooms and a flexible suite for group activities leading on to a
walled garden.