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Perth Children’s Hospital, by JCY, Cox, Billard Leece Partnership and HKS

How, as adults, do you design a hospital from a child’s perspective? That was the challenge given to the team behind Perth Children’s Hospital: JCY Architects and Urban Designers, Cox Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership (BLP), with HKS Inc.

Perth Children’s Hospital Architect and Interior Design: JCY Architects and Urban Designers, Cox Architecture and Billard Leece Partnership with HKS Inc.

Managing Contractor: John Holland Group

Structural, Civil, Façade and Traffic Engineer: Aurecon

Services Engineer: Norman Disney & Young

Landscape Architect: Newforms Landscape Architecture

Compliance Consultant: Philip Chun and Associates

Wayfinding: Buro North, Diadem

BIM Management: PDC Consultants

 

Budget: $1.2bn

Duration: 89 months

 

Lighting

Generic fittings, NDY & John Holland.

 

Finishes

‘Cubic Colours’ and ’Urban Retreat One’ carpet tiles, Interface Floor. ‘Accolade Plus & Safe’, ’Timberline’, ‘SafeGuard’ and ‘Amalon NG’ vinyl flooring and wall, vinyl skirtings, Armstrong. ‘Sarlon traffic’ flooring, Forbo. ‘Solid Blackbutt’ flooring, Boral. ‘Cermiche Guovera’, ‘’Wincklemans’ ceramic floor tiling, ‘Floor Gres’ wall tiles, European Ceramics. ‘Romax Harlem’ floor tiles, ‘Junhua’, ‘Equipe’, ‘Ying Fei’ wall tiles, Myaree Ceramics. ‘Agrob Buchtal’ Basis 2+ and Choma II Non-slip floor tiling, Ceramic Solutions. ‘Vitra Arkitekt’ wall tiles, Original Ceramics. ‘Tonalite Italy – Hexatile, Academy Tiles. Aluminium and Powdercoat skirting trims, Alspec. C/S bamboo randrails and bump rails, Acrovyn door protection, C/S Group. ‘Wash & Wear 101’, ‘Enviropoxy’, ‘Aquanamel gloss and semi gloss’ and ‘Arcathane’ wall and trim paint, ‘Duratec’, ‘Alphatec’ ‘Duralloy’ and ‘Electro’ powdercoating, Dulux. ‘D2015’ powercoating, Interpon. ‘Colour Papago’, ‘Colour Gloss’, ‘Signature’ laminate veneer and door lead finishes, Polyrey. ‘Impressions’, ‘Origine’, ‘Diamond Gloss’, ‘Innovations’ and ‘Fusion Laminate’, veneers, Laminex. ‘True Grain’ natural timber veneer, Briggs Veneers. Acrylic solid surface, Corian. ‘Guardec’ decorative acrylic wall lining, Inteviron. ‘Euromir mirrored Perspex Frost’. ‘Tessematt transparent’ wall lining, Mitchell Plastics. ‘Lucere’, ‘Lucere Kaleidoscope’, ‘Lightblocks Ice’ and ‘Bencore’ wall lining, Baresque. ‘Hexagon’ and ‘Round’ perforated aluminium mesh, Locker Group. ‘Echo panel’ acoustic wall paneling and operable wall paneling, pinboard fabric, ‘Aero Crypton’, ‘Mono Crypton’, ‘Neo’, ‘Bonbon’,’ Dino Stripe’, ‘Mono CR’ and ‘Matrix CR’ upholstery fabric, Woven Image. ‘Quietspace’ acoustic panel, Autex. ‘Nature’ vinyl mural wallpaper, Eurowalls. ‘Polyrey’ laminate for WC and shower partitions, Hufcor. ‘IPC’ door protection, Novaplas. ‘Solid Standards’ door leaf finishes, Greenlam. Custom pattern colourback glass, Digiglass. ‘EuroBloc Room Darkening’, ‘EuroScreen Transparent window treatment, Woven Vertilux. ‘Crypton Savanna’, ‘Crypton Dash’, ‘Tetra’, ‘Silica’, ‘Max’, ‘Momentum Textiles Silica’, ‘Legacy’, ‘Stitches’, ‘Crypton Eco Webb’, ‘Vanicia’, ‘Vaggio’, ‘Vocal’, ‘Track’, ‘Beeline’, ‘Agora’ and ‘EON’ upholstery fabric, Materialised. ‘Bitmap’, ‘Messenger 458640’, ‘Micro 466099’ and ‘Wafer 465330’ upholstery fabric, Maharam. ‘Crypton collection’, ‘Nouveau’ and ‘Focus’ upholstery fabric, Laine Furnishings. ‘Studio’, ‘Soho’, ‘Pellan Ultimate’ upholster fabric, Austex Commercial Fabrics. ‘Stamskin Top’ upholstery fabric, Innova Engineering. ‘Chelsea’, ‘Ecostyle’ and ‘Renegade’ upholstery fabric, Sustainable Living Fabrics. ‘Airskin’, ‘Hybrid’ and ‘Suede’ upholstery fabric, SvenskaKJ. ‘Skai Tundra’ upholstery fabric, Décor Design Centre. ‘Paintbox’ upholstery fabric, Instyle. ‘Lafgard’, ‘Amarteto Plus’ and ‘Amareto Evolution’ fabric upholstery, Hadley Australia. ‘Asha’ and ‘Vintage’ fabric upholstery, Mac Textiles. ‘Febrik’ upholstery fabric, Moo Agencies. ‘AcoPerf’ stretched hydrotherapy pool ceiling, Barrisol.

 

Fixed & Fitted

‘Medical’, ‘Integra 500, ‘Flora’ and ‘Caravelle semi recessed’ handwash basins, ‘Stirling 1675’ bath, ‘Leda’ wall faces invisi series II WC, smartflash cistern, Cosmo sovereign care toilet suite, ‘Cube Invisi Series II’ urinal suite, Caroma. ‘IFO Cera’, ‘IFO Sign’ and ‘IFO Sign Compact’ handwash basins, junior toilet suite, Enware. Custom design handwash basin, Corian. Chilled/boiling water unit, Zip. Kit of parts joinery, back of hosue cabinetry, tea-prep and break out cabinetry, Antry. Inpatient room joinery, day treatment unit joinery, mental health patient joinery, bedheads typically, staff base joinery, recreation and radio lollypop bench seating, PCH foundation gift shop, Ferguson Corporation. Reception counters, including main reception desk, recreation storage shelving, burns unit and oncology unit joinery, Frontline Interiors. Stainless steel benching, Western Stainless Solutions

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