Day Case and Ward Treatment Rooms

Tutti - Frutti

Linda started off with a tent and a map in the activity area. With the help of the Play staff the children drew favourite things and thought about the history of places. She collated all the information and came up with themes for the rooms. Surgical is the beach/seaside underwater theme and Medical is the play park and sights you would see on the way to a park. Making space for art in busy treatment rooms was the real challenge of this commission. Linda decided to create ‘safe visual zones’ for patients - areas where you can focus on the art rather than medical equipment. The dots and clouds painted onto the walls are designed to link up these ‘safe zones’ and connect the artwork panels using colour and shape.

Ward Entrance Area

Amazony and Spacewalk’

Linda Schwab worked with 2 Skye 2 of Bridge of Don Academy to create Amanzony and Spacewalk. The three themes of rainforest, ocean and space came from the pupils, as did the desire for some kind of lighting solution to illuminate the windowless space of the lobby. ‘Amazony’ a giant, curved light box is a response to the rain forest and ocean themes; a whale’s tail signals the entrance to the Surgical department, a butterfly flutters towards the Mediical department. Elements within the artwork, such as the angelfish and rose/newsprint leaf, are taken directly from collages produced during workshops with the group. ‘Spacewalk’ is an oval aluminium panel featuring a welcoming NASA astronaut and the space shuttle! Linda wanted the artwork to be welcoming, hence the jolly spacewalker; visitors can read the oval as a window, looking out into an imaginary view of space.