The design for the Adelaide New Women’s and Children’s Hospital is shaped by its relationship to surrounding parklands and the broader biomedical precinct, strengthening connections between healthcare infrastructure, the city and the landscape.

Led by Woods Bagot as part of a multidisciplinary team, the project delivers a nine-storey hospital with 414 overnight beds, bringing together services for women, children and young people within a single integrated environment. Rather than treating nature as an overlay, the design integrates access to daylight, views to green spaces, and shared environments that support orientation, reduce stress and enhance the experience of patients, families and staff.

As South Australia’s first fully electric public hospital, sustainability is embedded at a systems level – combining passive design strategies with high-performance building systems to reduce operational energy use and support long-term environmental performance.

In Guangzhou, the Sun Yat-sen University Affiliated Dental Hospital responds to the demands of a dense, specialist healthcare environment. Designed in collaboration with the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Guangdong Province (GDAD), the 94,000 sqm facility brings together clinical care, research and teaching within a single integrated platform.

An L-shaped configuration organises program elements into a clear and efficient system, supported by vertical cores and elevated connections. Within this compact framework, daylight, sky gardens and landscape elements are introduced to improve spatial quality and user experience – balancing operational intensity with a more human-centred environment.

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