As part of BREEAM and guidance from ‘The art of good health - Using visual arts in healthcare’ document, I have created a set of A3 presentation sheets with Artists that have worked with P+HS in the past and a range of new artist have been created for future reference. It’s a starting point and one that can help for future projects.

These presentation sheets have been created following input from the LINAC arts coordinator Mr. Chris Potter and James Gordon.

Artist in this project:
Shona Kitchen
Julia Barton
Kisa Kawakami

Artist:
Shelagh Wakely

Arists:
David Harben
Blow Zone
GA Aquatic

These are just some examples of what we proposed to our client at Nottingham City Campus for the new LINAC Facility.

For those in P+HS interested in seeing all the presentation sheets please access our intranet and check out Operations / Technical page.

I came across this article by Hugh Pearman in The Sunday Times.
It has some information on the exhibitions and reveals that both architects had more in common than you might think at first glance.

Le Corbusier's La Tourette

Hugh Pearman’s website has a collection of writing on architecture.

This has been around for a while, but in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet it’s a good use of colour and perspective to liven up and aid navigation in an otherwise dull car park.

Link: Axel Peemoeller - Eureka Car Park, Melbourne

I’m sad, I know…but a visit to the 1958 World Expo in Brussels is a fun few hours in spaceland. Re-opened in Feb 2006, its just had its millionth visitor…

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The Green Room is an outdoor sculpture area on the corner of Wellington Street and Northern Street.

Cover in green astroturf, it will include huge living room furniture such as a television, table, sofa and a lamp, and won’t help but capture the public’s imagination and become a talking point. Rick de Blaby, chief executive of MEPC, has said “Our vision is to create the definitive new urban quarter for Leeds of the highest quality. We especially want to create a fantastic public domain so it will be a great place to live and work and enjoy all of the associated amenities that we will be bringing forward.”

Abstract from MEPC Website

The new centre makes a bridge between the outstanding clinical expertise of Moorfields Eye Hospital and the research prowess of the adjacent Institute of Ophthalmology to provide a world class children’s eye treatment facility. The arrangement of outpatients clinics, a day surgery unit, research facilities and short stay patient/parent hostel all within a very tight site has made the vertical connections between floors all important. On each floor light wells zig-zag up the building against the backdrop of a huge wall mural. Throughout, the design combines medical functionality with a rich, welcoming and easily navigable patient environment. The arresting exterior has a glass façade with a flowing pattern of aluminium solar control louvre blades - inspired by the idea of a wheeling flock of birds.

World Architecture News.Com

View from 1st Floor ward into Therapy Garden and Multi-Faith Space

Artwork in the central cafe combines colours used in each of the hospital wards, creating exciting and easy wayfinding around the building.