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86sqm

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Craftex was appointed to deliver the interior of a cancer care centre — a project where design carries an emotional weight most fit-outs never have to. The space had to feel calm, warm and human for people facing the hardest days of their lives, while meeting the hygiene, accessibility and durability standards healthcare environments demand. We managed the project end to end, treating the human experience and the technical compliance as equally non-negotiable.

The brief asked for two things that usually pull against each other: a space that feels soft and human, and one that meets the unforgiving standards of a clinical environment. We led with the patient — warm tones, considered lighting, natural materials and an open, non-institutional layout — then engineered the compliance invisibly underneath: hygienic, durable surfaces, accessible routes, and detailing that holds up to infection-control cleaning without looking like a hospital.

A care setting demands a pre-construction plan most projects never need. We specified healthcare-compliant materials, sequenced the works to minimise disruption, and put dust, noise and access controls in place to protect everyone near the project. Procurement was planned so compliant, long-lead items arrived on time and the programme never pressured the standards.

Craftex managed every trade directly and delivered the works with the discipline a care environment requires — clean, contained and considerate. Holding finish quality and compliance together, under the constraints of a sensitive setting, was the core of the job, and direct control of the trades is what made it achievable.

The finished centre does what the brief asked: it reassures. It reads as a warm, dignified, human space, while meeting the healthcare standards that protect the people who use it. Our aftercare support continued beyond handover to keep the environment performing.

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