Reddy A+U is an international firm of architects, planners, urban designers and interior designers with over 40 years of experience in the design and management of complex building and planning projects. Our many awards and repeat clients are testament to our reputation for creative design and high-quality professional service.
For over 40 years, we have been designing spaces for people across multiple sectors, including multiple award-winning healthcare facilities. These projects range from bespoke care homes for the elderly to large scale public hospitals. Read on for a description of our capabilities and experience in the healthcare sector.
Section One About Us
ABOUT US
DESIGNING SPACES FOR OVER 40 YEARS
TEAM
We offer a team with proven experience, from talented designers using AR and VR communication tools to technical and management expertise, equipped with BIM technology and know-how.
SERVICES
We offer a comprehensive range of architectural and interior design services, from design to execution, from urban design to ergonomics, sustainable design and post-occupancy evaluation.
RELIABILITY
We have an excellent record in delivering projects from inception to completion, on time and on budget, as our many repeat clients attest to.
EXPERTISE
We provide a high level of technical expertise, ranging from MMC in all its characterisations, low carbon and life cycle design to post-occupancy evaluations and BIM management.
QUALITY
We take pride in the quality of our work and our thorough service, as attested to by the number of awards we have received and the extent of our clients in this sector.
INNOVATION
We offer knowledge and insights into the key challenges in the healthcare sector, such as planning policy, density, typology, buildability, whole-life zero-carbon design, ESG and building performance.
CLIENTS
We work with developers, investors, institutions, local authorities and agencies, charities, housing bodies and individual private clients. Many of these are long-standing repeat clients, a testament to the quality of our service. A selection of current and recent clients is listed here.
“The creative and professional performance and attention to detail of Reddy A+U has resulted in a highly efficient, sustainable and pleasant working and care environment which was very well received by staff and patients alike.”
- Tommy Beatty Head of Non Clinical & Capital Projects, Our Ladys Hospice
VHI HSE
Tuath Housing Association
University College Cork
Virtue
Willis Care Group
Sisk Healthcare
Carechoice
SRCW Ltd
Tusla
University College Dublin
Our Lady’s Hospice, Cork.
HEALTHCARE TEAM
CREATIVE, EXPERIENCED, LISTENING
Rory Murphy Chief Operations Officer
Smyth Director
Gareth Maguire Chief Innovations Officer
Gareth has extensive experience and strong competencies in the field of healthcare, having participated in a variety of projects that transcend the boundaries of conventional design. As a designer with experience in the healthcare industry, his responsibilities are not solely limited to creating relevant and well-designed spaces; his focus is on ensuring the safety, comfort, and well-being of those who will eventually occupy such spaces.
McGirr Associate Director
At Reddy we believe that good healthcare design promotes healing. Connectivity with the healing powers of our landscape is an intrinsic part of the regenerative powers of our designs. Place making in Healthcare environments starts with our approach to clinical Masterplanning, through our patient pathways and beyond to recovery.
Director
David FitzPatrick
Lisa
Flora
QUALITY
We work to certified standards, both in our services and in our projects. The quality of our work and service has been recognised by the many awards received, of which a selection of recent awards are shown here.
STANDARDS
Reddy A+U’s services and projects are certified to relevant standards, including:
For quality management: - ISO 9001
- ISO 14000
For BIM services: - BRE Group ISO 19650
For low carbon design: - EN 15978
Selected projects achieve:
- Home Performance Index (HPI) V2 certification - BREEAM / LEED certification - WELL certification
Winner
1. Overall Winner
Newmarket Yards
2. Fit Out of the Year Healthare Four Ferns
3. Fit Out of the Year Tourism & Leisure
Newmarket Yards
Winner
Architectural Practice of the Year
Reddy Architecture + Urbanism
Winner
Building of the Year - Tourism Leisure & Hospitality
Royal Dublin Convention Centre
Overall Winner
Building Project of the Year
Royal Dublin Convention Centre
Winner
1. Healthcare Project of the Year
Four Ferns Foxrock
2. Education Project of the Year
James Joyce Library UCD
3. Commercial Office Project of the Year
Glencar House
4. Student Accommodation Project of the Year
UCD Village
UCD Village
Sandvik Dockline
AWARDS
Winner
1. Fit Out of the Year: Public Sector
James Joyce Library UCD
2. Fit Out of the Year: Tourism and Leisure
James Joyce Library UCD
Winner
1. Best Interior Architecture Project of the Year:
UCD Village
2. Best Fit Out of the Year: Sandvik Dockline
Winner
1. Fit Out of the Year Public Sector:
James Joyce Library UCD
2. Fit Out of the Year Tourism and Leisure: James Joyce Library UCD
Overall Winner
Architectural and Interiors Practice of the Year:
Reddy Architecture + Urbanism
Winner
1. Educational Building of the Year: The Guinness Enterprise Centre
2. Residential Project of the Year: UCD Village
Shortlisted
1. Project of the Year: Commercial Interiors
Guinness Enterprise Centre
2. Architectural Design: Commercial UCD Village
Winner
1. Commercial Project of the Year: The Guinness Enterprise Centre
2. Health and Education Project of the Year:
UCD Village
Overall Event Winner
Fit Out Project of the Year: Guinness Enterprise Centre
Winner
1. Fit Out Medium Office of the Year: Guinness Enterprise Centre
2. Healthcare Project of the Year: Four Ferns Foxrock
James Joyce Library
Glencar House
Section Two Insights
We are expert in all stages of project scope, from initial feasibility, through design , planning consent and regulatory compliance to procurement, construction, handover and evaluation of performance in use.
SLÁINTECARE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENTS
Mental health
Community prescription
DELIVERABILITY
Integrated technology
Acute hospitals
Trauma
Specialist/tertiary care
DESIGN LED THINKING
EVERY ASPECT COVERED
CLIMATE ACTION
Decarbonisation and pathfinding Integrated care & DCP campus planning
ACCESS AND INCLUSION
Patient pathways
Age friendly
INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE
Smart hospital
Digital systems
Efficient flows-Six sigma
Adaptive reuse of historic buildings
Place making within the city
OUR ETHOS
Our core ethos revolves around prioritising individuals. By cultivating a collective of healthcare architects and designers who share our vision, the pursuit of architecturally meaningful contributions to society has become second.
Gareth Maguire, DirectorDirector
Kyrie Farms, Kildare.
HEALTHCARE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE
In the Middle Ages, hospitals were established as social institutions and remained so for centuries. They were public facilities inasmuch as they addressed a public issue: care of the poor who fell ill, providing food, shelter and succor, though hardly any treatment in the modern sense. Unless charity institutions intervened, the poor would live out their lives in misery, especially if illness prevented them from earning a living.
In striking contrast with the poverty of their inhabitants, hospital buildings soon developed into wealthy, representative landmarks. Often, their sponsors endowed them with paintings, sculptures and lavishly decorated rooms for the people who managed them. Some hospitals even became patrons of the arts.
HEALTHCARE
ENVIRONMENTS AND THE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT
Recovery, wellbeing and therapy are the three Reddy pillars of Healthcare design. At Reddy, we believe that good healthcare design promotes healing. Connectivity with the healing powers of our landscape is an intrinsic part of the regenerative powers of our designs. Place making in healthcare environments starts with our approach to clinical masterplanning, through our patient pathways and beyond to recovery.
Our approach is patient centred.
Healthy places sustain healthy people.
“Our designs focus on patient dignity. We connect our buildings to their communities through considered placemaking that supports the recovery process. Our priorities are to support our communities through our future design”
Tranquility Room, Peamount Hospital, Dublin.
DECARBONISATION
DESIGN PROCESS
Infrastructure Decarbonisation Roadmap developed by HSE in response to the Government of Ireland’s Climate Action Plan 2021.
Rathmines Primary Care Centure, Dublin.
DECARBONISATION MASTERPLAN
ESTABLISHING A ROBUST DIGITAL TOOLKIT
Information gathering and robust analysis
Existing department spread
DCP Brief Review; key elements
• Deliver the priority capital projects (CNU, ECC, M&E Infrastructure upgrades)
• Consolidate campus services
• Provide a framework for future development of the campus over 5, 10, 20 years
Legend
ExistingCar Park Zone
■ Existing Buildings
Demolished structure
Department Legend
■ Ambulance Service
■ Addiction Service
■ Disabilities Service
■ Public Labs
■ Maintenance support division
■ Multi Users -Admin
■ Church & Maple Unit/ Priest House
■ Older Person Service
■ Mental Health Service
■ Primary Care Service
■ Creche
■ Unoccupied
Legend
Existing trees/vegetation
Primary Entrance to Campus
Secondary entrance to campus
■ Multi Users: Education/Multi-functional/ admin/canteen
Legend
▬ Existing vehicle route
▬ Site Boundary
--- Existing Gas Main
DECARBONISATION MASTERPLAN
ESTABLISHING A ROBUST DIGITAL TOOLKIT
DCP Option 6 (as provide by HSE)
The adjacent drawings reflects the end-state (20yr) campus according to DCP Option 6, with development zones indicated and coloured to reflect department allocation.
Pros
• Provides for priority capital projects
• Maximized density throughout the campus including alterations to existing road network
• improved layout/structure.
• Improved connectivity.
• All original low-density buildings replaced with new, higher density, fit for purpose buildings.
• New larger central campus hub.
• Second entrance to campus.
• Range of landscaped plazas
• Value for money through provision of fit-for purpose buildings to current healthcare and energy standards.
Legend
ExistingCar Park Zone
■ Existing Buildings
Demolished structure
Department Legend
■ Ambulance Service
■ Addiction Service
■ Disabilities Service
■ Public Labs
■ Maintenance support division
■ Multi Users -Admin
■ Church & Maple Unit/ Priest House
■ Older Person Service
■ Mental Health Service
■ Primary Care Service
■ Creche
■ Unoccupied
Legend
Existing trees/vegetation
Primary Entrance to Campus
Secondary entrance to campus
■ Multi Users: Education/Multi-functional/ admin/canteen
Legend
▬ Existing vehicle route
▬ Site Boundary
Existing Gas Main
SMART HOSPITAL CAPABILITIES
IMPROVING PATIENT EXPERIENCE
Healthcare Planning: Future Proofing for Technology
DESIGN MANAGEMENT
Improved budget accuracy – A mature design allows for more precise cost estimation, reducing financial uncertainty.
Regulatory compliance – A peer-reviewed design ensures adherence to healthcare standards, avoiding delays due to noncompliance. better integration with BCAR, inspections and quality control
Reddy A+U have extensive experience and strong competencies in the field of healthcare, having undertaken a variety of projects that transcend the boundaries of conventional design.
Our approach goes beyond creating relevant and well-designed spaces; we focus on ensuring the safety, comfort, and well-being of the individuals who will ultimately occupy these environments.
With a deep understanding of healthcare settings, we play a crucial role in identifying and mitigating risks inherent in design. Our meticulous approach to risk assessment and ability to foster
collaboration within the design team underscore our leadership in the field. We not only identify and propose solutions for potential risks but also take the lead in coordinating the professionals essential to delivering successful projects.
Our extensive experience and expertise are reflected not only in the quality of our designs but also in our commitment to positively impacting the lives of patients and their families.
Bon Secours Hospital, Limerick.
Cherry Orchard Mental Health Facility, Dublin.
Our Lady’s Hospice, Kildare.
BON SECOURS HOSPITAL LIMERICK
Scale: 19,405m2
Services: Design, Execution
A state-of-the-art medical facility for the people of Limerick and the greater midwest region.
The new Bon Secours Hospital at Ballysimon seeks to greatly expand the quality of health services on offer to people living and working in the mid-west region. The facility will testify to a continued commitment to provide technologically advanced healthcare ınnovation and excellence. The campus will expect to treat more than 50,000 patients annually.
This new facility will transform day-care
surgical and oncology treatments available in Limerick and widen patient-centred services to a growing local population.
This hospital is being built on a sustainable site with access to public transport, provision for EV parking and facilities for cyclists. To save energy and to be aware of climate change, the buildings will be equipped with heat pump technology for heating and cooling, green roof technology and natural daylight and ventilation will be used where appropriate.
OUR LADY’S HOSPICE CORK
A palliative care unit at Our Lady’s Hospice, providing 36 single-bed family bedrooms with support facilities. The project comprises new-built extensions connected to existing refurbished buildings, constructed on a phased basis.
The scheme seeks to provide people with calm spaces to spend their days and welcoming to both terminally ill patients and their families. The hospice provides end-of-life care in a reserved and private facility, reflecting the important nature of the services provided.
Scale: 3,145 m2
Services: Design, Execution
KYRIE FARM KILDARE
Scale: Phase 1: 1,200 m2 | Phase 2: 1,062 m2
Services: Design, Execution
The award winning scheme creates a new benchmark in Irish later life care facilities and has been recognised as such by the plaudits received from both Client and Awards received.
With an emphasis on the therapeutic value of a homelike environment, the design seeks to create the ambience of home rather than an institution, with natural colours, good daylight and extensive views to the outside. Natural light is an essential element in senior living environments. Roof lights and secondary glazing between the day rooms maximise views and daylight to ensure the sitting spaces are welcoming.
FOUR FERNS NURSING HOME
FOXROCK, DUBLIN
The Four Ferns Nursing Home is an innovative care home whose concept combines cutting-edge interior design with elegant architecture in a sylvan setting.
The three storey building is laid out in a series of radiating wings with central living and dining spaces overlooking gardens and woodland spaces. The building picks up the grain of the Foxrock Conservation Area. Blending seamlessly into its sylvan setting, the building utilises earthen tones in its materiality, with buff bricks, pigmented renders, and fiber cement wall claddings that echo the local slate roofs.
Scale: 7.800 m2
Services: Design, Execution
RATHMINES PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
DUBLIN
Scale: 5,200m2
Services: Design, Execution
The proposed Rathmines Primary Care Centre will provide person-centred health & social care services to the community, outside of an acute hospital setting. At over 5200sqm the centre will serve the Community Healthcare Network (CHN) of Rathmines, Terenure & Templeogue providing a range of services including GP consulting; community mental health facilities; physiotherapy and paediatric services; an older person’s day care centre and office, staff and patient facilities. The proposal forms part of Dublin City Councils Gulistan Depot Masterplan which will transform the current underutilised
brownfield site into a new green and pedestrianised campus. The building massing, height and scale has been carefully crafted and considers both its tight infill city centre site and its surrounding low scale residential properties while still providing a south-facing therapeutic garden at the heart of the building. Biophilic design principles and having direct and visual access to quality outdoor space has proven benefits to patients and staff health and wellbeing and is identified as a key driver in the HSE Capital & Estates Strategy 2022-2050.
FERN DEAN
BLACKROCK, DUBLIN
Scale: Phase 1: 1,200 m2 | Phase 2: 1,062 m2
Services: Design, Execution
The award winning scheme creates a new benchmark in Irish later life care facilities and has been recognised as such by the plaudits received from both Client and Awards received.
With an emphasis on the therapeutic value of a homelike environment, the design seeks to create the ambience of home rather than an
institution, with natural colours, good daylight and extensive views to the outside.
Natural light is an essential element in senior living environments. Roof lights and secondary glazing between the day rooms maximise views and daylight to ensure the sitting spaces are welcoming.
MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
CORK
Scale: 7,500m2
Services: Design, Execution
Reddy Architecture + Urbanism has a long and successful association with the Mercy University Hospital in Cork. The initial project comprised in-patient wards (124 beds), a psychiatric unit (50 beds) and pathology laboratories. Other projects we have completed for the client include an emergency department, operating theatres, paediatric, geriatric, endoscopy, mortuary, in patient wards, out patients, CRF, x-ray, CT scanner, pharmacy and a number of others in a mix of new-builds and refurbishments.
VHI BARRYSPARKS DUBLIN
Scale: 4,425m2
Services: Detail Design, Execution
This healthcare facility is the initial phase of the development of a new biophilic healthcare campus. It establishes the structure and begins the journey to creating a healthcare village on the site that will transform Vhi members’ experience of health & wellbeing and to offer prompt, convenient, integrated, and personalised care across both community and acute care settings. This new purpose-built state of the art Healthcare Campus will transform the experience of healthcare and healing and through
its connection with the Barrysparks and Crowscastle masterplan is knitted into the Swords community. Our design encourages community integration and health promotion through a strong landscape narrative which supports the people centred focus of our design. The healing-oriented natural landscape and community spaces with links to the wider parkland, Swords town and public transport will have a positive impact on VHI members psychological and physical well-being.
CORK UNIVERSITY MATERNITY HOSPITAL
CORK
Scale: 17,000 m2
Services: Design, Execution
Reddy A+U developed the new maternity hospital for Cork University which comprises of 5 patient wards with 144 in-patient bed spaces. The scheme provides a new public face for the hospital and the dynamic shape of the building provides for exceptional qualitative space internally for the wards, research facilities and staff alike.
The full project includes for a huge range of facilities to support the in-patient bed spaces including the specialist 12 station birthing suite, 3 operating theatres, a 50 cot neo-natal unit, a day services department, a consultants’ and administrative suite and an education and research centre.
PRIMARY CARE CENTRES DUBLIN
Scale: from 2,500 - 4,500m2
Services: Design, Execution
The primary care centres were delivered in a mix of settings, in each of four HSE regions, from smaller scale regional towns through to those in Dublin City.
Reddy A+U managed a very complex process of engagement with multiple design teams and regional client bodies. The work involved input in the initial stage and through to completion of planning applications and tender packages, and also with the successful PPP consortium, Prime-Balfour Beatty, through the subsequent construction stage.
CHERRY ORCHARD HEALTH
DUBLIN
Scale: 25 acres
Services: Design
The Linn Dara Child and Adolescent Mental Health Facility at Cherry Orchard Hospital provides services for clients aged 2 to 18 years of age and comprises three community team departments, a day hospital, a staff training department and administration support services. It is one of the first physical manifestations of the Irish Health Service’s new ‘Vision for Change’ Mental Health programme.
The principal philosophy of the brief was to provide an open, community-based building with an overriding emphasis on a safe child and adolescent environment. In response, the practice sought to provide a distinct and inviting building, empathetic to children and adolescents with very particular needs and anxieties.
