Project details
Lead:
Partners:
- Variety Tasmania and Archie’s 100
Collaborators:
- Lily Proctor
- Core Collective Architects
- University of Tasmania Architecture and Design Students
Funding:
- Variety Tasmania and Archie’s 100 and other donations
Date: (2023 - 2024)
This project applies principles of design for health and wellbeing to support patients and families in the Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (NPICU) at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Created in partnership with Variety Tasmania and Archie’s 100, the project honours the life of Archie ‘Bear’ Green, who died in a tragic boating accident in 2020. A centrepiece of the design is the ‘100 Kinds to Find’ interactive wall, integrating 100 different species of Tasmanian flora and fauna illustrated by Lily Proctor (UTAS Bachelor of Design graduate).
The project has involved a number of architecture and design students at the University of Tasmania through the Work Integrated Learning program.
In addition to the built work, we are currently developing a website and a series of books that link the wall to creative, imaginative and learning opportunities about the natural environment linked to scientific research at the University.
Outputs
Built work: Level 8, K-Block, Royal Hobart Hospital, Campbell Street, Hobart