Grow Middlemore Hospital Masterplan

Jasmax has worked with Te Whatu Ora – Counties Manukau on masterplanning the Middlemore Hospital site since 2007, initially locating the CSB zone for the Harley Gray Clinical Services Building which opened in 2014 and situating the Mental Health facility (Tiaho Mai). 

Tranche One of the masterplan introduces the concept of a primary east-west hospital street – a circulation and infrastructure spine – as a fundamental organising principal for development of the Middlemore site. This street will connect the northern wards with the southern CSB areas and link a new 10-storey ward building to an extension of the Harley Gray building, repeating and enhancing the existing planning module. The eastern end of the hospital street will terminate at a new multi-storey carpark, which introduces potential for landscaping to existing on-grade carparking areas, ensuring new and existing wards will overlook nature. 

Tranche Two requires demolition of the 1964 Galbraith Building, which has been assessed at 20% of the New Building Standards for seismic performance. It will be replaced by a new building which includes a CSB podium and ward tower extension to the north-west corner of the site. To make space for Tranche Three, education and training activities, which are currently centrally located, will move to the western portion of the site alongside additional carparking. This phase includes a further extension of the Harley Gray building toward the rail corridor and the addition of a new staff administration tower above it. A new bridge connection will link both sides of the campus across the railway line, overcoming the site’s significant barrier to connectivity.

The Grow Middlemore Masterplan provides a clear, phased strategy for development, but it is also a live document, designed to remain flexible and adaptable as healthcare needs evolve.