South Australia Health and Nexus Hospitals have submitted plans to develop a hospital and allied centre in Daw Park, Adelaide, designed by Swanbury Penglase.
The site at 216 Daws Road – opposite Daw House Hospice – falls under plans for a wider Repat Health Precinct announced in 2019. Nexus Hospitals and SA Health penned an agreement to develop the new medical centre on the repatriation hospital site at Daw Park back in 2021.
Nexus was selected as the preferred proponent to build a new facility and provide the necessary surgical and procedural services to serve the community. The joint venture commissioned architect Swanbury Penglase to design the surgery and allied health centre.
“This government has recognized the essential need to reactivate the Repat and return the site to a thriving health precinct to provide better health services, closer to home, for the surrounding community,” said then South Australian premier Stephen Marshall in 2021.
Designs for a hospital and allied centre in Daw Park, Adelaide.
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Swanbury Penglase
Continuing an existing partnership, Swanbury Penglase has worked with Nexus to design the expansion and development of nine hospitals to date. According to the architect, the repat centre project will enable the delivery of public and private surgery, with the public surgery increasing capacity across the state’s public health network.
Nexus will fund the project, which is deemed an essential infrastructure development, estimated to cost $140 million. SA Health will provide Nexus with a 50-year ground lease on the site and will be responsible for any preparatory site works.
The new surgery will include ophthalmology; orthopaedics; plastics and reconstructive; ear, nose and throat; endoscopy and general surgery.
The facility will cater for eight theatre beds, a 30-bed overnight capacity, a 20-chair renal dialysis unit, a GP clinic, radiology, pathology, a pharmacy and a cafe. There will also be dedicated areas for specialist medical and other allied health services, and an integrated 350-space multi-deck carpark.
Demolition works have commenced to make way for the new facility. Construction is expected to start in early 2023 and is forecast to be completed by the end of 2024, for the hospital’s opening in 2025.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
