Basis Design

In the wake of Sunday night’s historic health care vote in the House of Representatives, here’s one of the finest (and finest-designed) hospitals in the UK’s NHS system: Evelina Children’s Hospital in London.

Here we see the lobby. The facility re-opened with this re-design in 1999, and doubles as a teaching hospital for nearby King’s College. Here’s a view of some of the teaching facilities:

Wouldn’t we all like to study in a room like that? Now, this is a childrens hospital first and foremost, and the design for the beautiful building extended to hospital rooms and play areas for the children who’ll be using it:

This futuristic slide is called a helter skelter. Here’s a hospital room:

The abundance of light available in the room is healthful as well as mood altering; and the room is just gorgeous on it’s own.

The current American bill doesn’t come close to creating a government-run not-for-profit system, but, as you can see from our allies’ NHS hospital, there’s nothing to be afraid of (unless you fear children and architecture, and in that case, run screaming).