Episode 284: COX Executive Chair Patrick Ness and BLP Principal Mark Mitchell on designing the ‘People’s Hospital’ in Footscray

About this episode

The episode discusses the design and impact of the new Footscray Hospital on healthcare experiences.

In this episode of Talking Architecture & Design, host Clémence Carayol heads to Melbourne’s west to unpack one of Australia’s most ambitious health projects: the new Footscray Hospital. More than a deep dive into a major piece of infrastructure, the conversation explores how architecture can reshape the experience of healthcare itself. The $1.5 billion hospital, designed by COX Architecture in collaboration with Billard Leece Partnership, is delivered by the Plenary Health co...

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Guests: Patrick Ness, Mark Mitchell

Topics covered

• healthcare architecture
• infrastructure
• design

Keywords

• Footscray Hospital
• COX Architecture
• Billard Leece Partnership
• Plenary Health

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Footscray Hospital

Books & works: Talking Architecture & Design

Places: Footscray, Melbourne, Australia

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