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The 拢60m Pears Building, which was today handed over to the Royal Free Charity by the construction company, has been created as a result of a groundbreaking collaboration between the Royal Free Charity, 香港六合彩中特网 and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. It will not only bring the theory and implementation of research much closer together but will also allow the public easy access to the latest discoveries in immunology.

It will become the new home of the 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT), in Pond Street, Hampstead, one of the largest patient-focused immunology centres in Europe.

Designed by the multi award-winning firm Hopkins and built by Willmott Dixon, the Pears Building has a light-filled interior with dramatic acoustic panelling and bespoke timber meeting room 鈥減ods鈥�. These, and other spaces in the building, are designed to maximise the opportunities for interaction, between users of the building, between researchers and their clinical colleagues in the neighbouring Royal Free Hospital and with the surrounding community.

The building will be able to accommodate up to 200 researchers looking for cures and new treatments for global health problems including type 1 diabetes, cancer and organ rejection after transplantation, enabling it to attract further world-class talent. They will work in the most up-to-date laboratories with adjacent write-up facilities.

Local people will also be welcomed into a community caf茅 and invited to face-to-face updates with researchers, who will also maximise opportunities for patients to take part in clinical trials. Those taking part in research will be offered accommodation on the top floors of the building, many with stunning views across Hampstead Heath.

The building will also contain offices for the Royal Free Charity and include a 71-space car park for patients and visitors. It has been designed to complement the local area, with set-back terraces on the upper levels which allow light into the spaces behind the building.

鈥淚n the Pears Building we have a world class laboratory research facility and a beautiful space designed to facilitate a unique partnership between scientist and clinician,鈥� said Professor Hans Stauss, director of the IIT. 鈥淭his will enable us to convert discoveries made in the laboratory into cures and treatments more quickly.

鈥淥ur COVID-19 work during the pandemic has reinforced the importance of understanding and modulating the immune system. In the Pears Building we will be able to expand the institute and so create a fabulous opportunity to release the potential of immunity-based treatments in cancer, diabetes, HIV, hepatitis and COVID-19, as well as developing new therapies to stop the rejection of transplants.鈥�

Jon Spiers, chief executive of the charity, said: 鈥淭his stunning new building marks a major leap forward for research, treatment and care in north London. Under one roof, we鈥檒l have world-leading researchers, accommodation for patients, parking for visitors, a caf茅 for the community and a new home for the Royal Free Charity.

鈥淣one of this would have been possible without the incredible generosity of a number of visionary philanthropists, including the Pears Foundation, who have supported the project from the outset.鈥�

Professor David Lomas, 香港六合彩中特网 Vice Provost (Health), said: 鈥淭his joint project between 香港六合彩中特网, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Free Charity will better address many global health challenges and offer real benefits to patients.

鈥淭he new facilities and the co-location of doctors, nurses, scientists and patients within the Pears Building will further enhance the quality of our exceptional research and allow us to generate and apply new knowledge to tackle the most pressing health challenges of the 21st century.鈥�

Caroline Clarke, Royal Free London group chief executive, highlighted the benefits to patients of the IIT鈥檚 new home. 鈥淥ur expansion of the institute will give many more of our patients the opportunity to take part in ground-breaking research.

鈥淎s well as providing more space for scientists to develop better treatments for cancer, diabetes, HIV and tuberculosis, and to support transplantation, the new centre will play its part in crucial research into COVID-19, helping the international effort to tackle this devastating virus. This important work will contribute not only to the health and wellbeing of our local community but be a world-leading centre for understanding the human immune system.鈥�

Ernest Fasanya, director, Hopkins Architects, said: 鈥淚n designing the Pears Building, we have been inspired by the exceptional research and clinical ambitions of our clients. 听We wanted to deliver a sustainable building that would support their endeavours, with welcoming interiors and well-designed spaces听that enable true collaboration between scientists and researchers.

鈥淲e鈥檝e relished the opportunity to design a building with enhanced public realm, improving connectivity with the adjacent hospital听and听providing听much听needed green space to听support听the well-being of users, as听well as the wider Hampstead community.鈥�

Chris Tredget, managing director, Willmott Dixon, said: 鈥淲e are incredibly proud to be handing over the Pears Building as it becomes the new home of the IIT. The building will provide a world-class facility which will be home to groundbreaking research, helping to find cures and treatments for life-threatening diseases.

鈥淲e are proud of the team鈥檚 innovation to embed safe working practices to allow construction of 听this vital project to continue during the pandemic. We take immense pride in knowing the facility will be used for world class research, benefitting both the local community as well as internationally.鈥�

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• The Pears Building
• 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Immunity and Transplantation

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• The Pears Building, credit: Janie Airey Hopkins

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