The oft-opposing principles of medical-based thinking and evidence-based design have long been a sticking point for healthcare designers. The new Bendigo Hospital by Bates Smart and Silver Thomas Hanley shows us they need not be mutually exclusive. There is a sweet-spot to be found. It just takes an intelligent and intuitive design touch.

Architect
Silver Thomas Hanley

Photography
Peter Clarke

Interior Designer
Bates Smart

Builder
Lendlease

Structural Engineer
Irwinconsult

Services Engineer
Norman Disney & Young

Acoustic Engineer
Acoustic Logic

Landscape Architect
Oculus

Building Surveyor
PLP

Wind Assessment 
MEL Consultants

Wayfinding/Signage 
ID Laboratory

Furniture
Vitra – ‘Physix’ conference task chair
KFive – ‘Nola’ city walk bench 
Schiavello – Customised round bench seat

Lighting
Living Edge – ‘Waldmann’ PARA MI task luminaire
Inlite – ‘Progetti Luce’ downlights

Finishes
Ventech – ‘Shellgrit’ timber veneer
Knauf Plasterboard – ‘Stratopanel’ acoustic plasterboard, ‘Mastashield’
Dulux – ‘Electro scintillation’ paint, ‘Ghosting’ half finish
CASF – Salt colour finish on reception desk
Urban Stone – ‘Concrete Paver’ flooring
Artwork by Esther Stewart and Noel Skrzypczak

Get the full story in Indesign Magazine Issue #71.