Tweed Valley Hospital

The nature of health: futureproofing a hospital for a growing region

Tweed Valley Hospital

Inspired by the region’s unique topography, rich agrarian past and local inhabitants who have been inextricably connected to the land.

Bates Smart worked with HINSW and Silver Thomas Hanley to design the new major referral hospital for the Tweed-Byron region. The new hospital spans seven levels and delivers 499 new beds. As New South Wales’ first significant regional hospital redevelopment, it delivers a life-changing healthcare solution for the area’s growing population.

The staged hospital precinct masterplan resulted from collaborating closely with community focus groups and stakeholders. It sets out flexible and suitably scaled development lots that can be further developed into a wider health and education precinct.

The hospital is embedded in the physical topography of the site. Its position on a north-facing ridge maximises natural light and views from the mountains to the coastline. Patients, staff and visitors are always connected to the landscape via circulation pathways that promote wellbeing and healing.

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Mark Healey

Director, Bates Smart

The architectural expression is made up of three distinctive typologies. Quadrant anchors, a recessive core and surrounding granular forms come together as a collection of objects in the landscape.

The façade materiality works to distinguish building forms from one another. Earthy pigmented masonry and profiled metals are durable and reference the site’s agrarian history.

The project also includes the design of two Health Hub pavilion buildings that provide ancillary health and education services within the hospital’s pedestrian focused town centre.