Queensland Satellite Hospitals Program | Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design

Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design provided design and documentation services for the Queensland Satellite Hospital Program. In collaboration with GHD Woodhead Architects for schematic design, the team developed design through documentation and construction following a Managing Contractor arrangement with Hutchinson Builders.

With an emphasis on wayfinding and user wellbeing, guiding design principles were implemented to create an accessible healthcare facility. These principles considered the journey from street to clinic and connections between inside and outside. The design features include drawing external elements into internal finishes, corridors with views to landscape, high-level windows, and courtyards encouraging daylight. In the H-shaped plan, the entry and front-of-house are centrally located, and clinical services are in each wing.

The Satellite Hospital Program is comprised of seven sites throughout Southeast Queensland. The challenge was to achieve consistency across these sites while addressing their differing characteristics, including soil conditions, existing vegetation, and surrounding neighbourhoods.