The appointment follows a six-month design competition led by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
The new joint facility at St Pancras Hospital in London will bring together clinical care, research and education. The plan is that all services provided at Moorfields Eye Hospital on City Road and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology on Bath Street will relocate to the new facility.
If approved, the new facility could be open to patients in 2025/26.
The Aecom team has been working on its preliminary design proposal since being shortlisted for the competition in September 2018. Focused on maximising collaboration and knowledge exchange, the flexible and adaptive design includes an 鈥榦riel鈥� at its centre, intended to be the social heart of the building and enabling interaction between patients, clinicians and researchers. It is inspired by the Moorfield Eye Hospital crest 鈥楩iat Lux鈥� (鈥榣et there be light鈥�).
Aecom will act as lead designer and also provide civil, structural and building services engineering, as well as other specialist consultancy services. Penoyre & Prasad will be the lead architect, setting the overall design strategy and the architectural vision for the building. White Arkitekter will be responsible for designing the interiors and external landscapes.
David Probert, chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: 鈥淚t was a privilege to be on the evaluation panel of the five shortlisted design teams for Oriel. The quality of all entries was extremely high.
鈥淎ecom鈥檚 award-winning team was selected due to its exemplary innovation and creativity, outstanding design quality, and previous experience in delivering health, research and education facilities across the UK.鈥�
Aecom technical director Dale Sinclair said: 鈥淥ur design for the proposed facility is focused on maximising collaboration and knowledge exchange, with an 鈥榦riel鈥� at the building鈥檚 centre enabling greater interaction between patients, clinicians and researchers. The facility鈥檚 public spaces would create a new urban realm that will connect seamlessly with the ongoing renaissance of the King鈥檚 Cross area of London.鈥�
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