Australia's Role in Modern Hospital Design 1925-1960; Developing a Heritage Framework
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Julie Willis, Professor Philip Goad, Professor A. Adams
Funded by: ARC Discovery Project grant 2007 –2009
The national benefit of this project will be the greater understanding of how the built form - from the micro to the macro level - of Australian hospitals have brought together aspects of social reform, medicine and architecture to become key community buildings. Economic benefit may be derived from:
- the transfer of this knowledge to current hospital architects and planners through greater understanding of the past and incorporation of innovative ideas and practices;
- the creation of robust heritage frameworks for considering preservation and adaptive re-use of hospital buildings; and
- to demonstrate the benefits of global engagement to Australian architecture and society.