Steve Warner, Outhouse Design - Gold Award
Commercial Landscape Design - Design Brief:
This garden at the Sydney Children's Hospital, needed to be functional and inspirational. It needed to be accessible for all, and also the balcony is observed from the windows of the isolation units above where sick kids, who have compromised immune systems and can’t leave the ward, can at least look out at a magical space rather than a concrete walkway.
The functionality of the design came from creating a lawn using synthetic grass, and the inspiration came from murals to represent the enchanted forest and toadstools for seating and shade structures. Oversized pots allow for mature trees and scented shrubs, and hanging moss from the coloured archways all help to create a sense of mystery. The Magic Light tree acts as the centre piece and an open gazebo with sky light caters for a hospital bed, so at night time children can look up and see the magical stars and dream a little.
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