Billard Leece Partnership designs aluminium-clad children's hospital in Sydney
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Rheanna Hopkins
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Australian architecture studio Billard Leece Partnership (BLP) has designed the Wattle Building, a 57,000-square-metre acute-care facility for The Children's Hospital Westmead in Sydney. The building features an aluminium-clad folded metal facade and a child-centred design that draws inspiration from the site's inland river setting. Located within the Westmead health and education precinct, the facility aims to create a healing environment for children through its architectural approach.
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· 3 pulledThe Wattle Building's folded metal facade draws on the inland river setting of the Westmead health precinct.
Billard Leece Partnership created the 57,000-square-metre acute-care facility with a child-centred plan.
The design aims to create a healing environment for children through its architectural approach.
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