1 minute read
Daring Designers competition
Daring Designers get creative on the design of the new Leeds Children’s Hospital
What do pizza ovens, pirate ships and beds like cars have in common?
Advertisement
They’re all fantastic ideas suggested by some of the children and young people who entered a creative competition – Daring Designers – to share their vision for the design of the new Leeds Children’s Hospital. From poems and pictures, to Lego models and Minecraft videos, we received more than 130 competition entries, each with fantastic ideas on what the new Leeds Children’s Hospital should include. Choosing the winners and runners-up was very difficult but we were delighted to award an Amazon voucher to our Daring Designers below:
Under 8: winner Violet Grace and runners-up Isaac and Ruby. 8 – 12 years: winner Isla and runners-up Sam and Mia.
13 – 18 years: winner Isabelle and runners-up Danial and Ella and Isobel.
The new children’s hospital, and a new adults’ hospital are part of a
development to be built at Leeds General Infirmary called Hospitals of the Future. They will provide patients from Leeds, West Yorkshire and further afield with state of the art facilities that support the most advanced treatment and care.
The Trust is currently preparing a Design Brief for the new hospitals, which sets out everything from our technical requirements for the size and layout of the clinical spaces to our digital ambitions and how the hospital environment should look and feel.
Later this year, we’ll be using the Design Brief in a design competition to help us select the architect and designers that will work on the Hospitals of the Future development. We’ve been seeking input on the design from patients, families and others with an interest in the new hospitals. If you would like to give your feedback on how we can ensure our new hospitals provide the best healthcare environment for our patients and staff please email futurehospitalsleeds@nhs.net. In the meantime, here is a selection of our Daring Designers fantastic creations.
Under 8 Runner-up Isaac (aged 7).
8-12 runner-up, Mia (aged 12)
