For the kids, luxury isn’t something that can comfort them from the pain, fear for needles or bitterness of medicine. We, therefore, look for the things that will bring them happiness throughout their experience at the hospital. With the children’s mindset, we discover that ‘fun’ is what every child instinctively looks for. Despite their different backgrounds, all kids want to live their lives looking for something fun to do. Using this element of ‘fun’ as the key becomes a great challenge considering how we have to approach the design from the perspective of a child while constantly reminding ourselves that we would actually have to make a hospital a ‘fun’ place.
Besides giant slider situated at the front of the entrance hall. The waiting area of each clinic is designed into a playground. The program also includes indoor swimming pool that has a bunch of artificial clouds floating atop.
The hospital offers four room types, each room is decorated in a different color and installed above the bed is a glow-in-the-dark constellation with a customized lamp to provide both a standard lighting and the level of illumination that is suitable for a good night’s sleep.