In autumn 2018, I got to do some illustrations for children's psychiatric hospital in Helsinki. The whole building was made under the idea that every space needs to be healthy, all materials and techniques were chosen this way. My contribution was the interior images throughout the hospital, hallways, patient rooms, meeting rooms etc. I felt very fortunate to be a part of this amazing project, and tried to give it the best I could, all for better mental health, the little patients and their families, and the amazing people who take care of them.
When we started to talk about what kind of images I would make, it became clear I had to be very sensitive in this matter. This was, after all, a psychiatric hospital, and there were patients from toddlers to early teens. Materials, image subjects and how I represented them were important to get right. In the end the nurses were very excited and delighted about the results, and I hope the patients will be too.
These images were taken when all was still not quite ready, but the illustrations are there. This was a challenging but absolutely wonderful project.
This great project was done with AW2-architects, Fixcel Group and the nurses working at HUS.
These images were taken when all was still not quite ready, but the illustrations are there. This was a challenging but absolutely wonderful project.
This great project was done with AW2-architects, Fixcel Group and the nurses working at HUS.
Image from a meeting room
Some of the illustrations were 10 meters long
One of the larger images I made was used in different colors on different floors.
Some of the stenciled images from patient rooms and hallways
The bigger images were made using large-scale prints
Yellow floor hallway
This tree was used in hallways and common rooms
Lions, bears, elephants, foxes...
Some of the dividing glass windows and doors got a white taped image
Green floor hallway
Brown floor hallway
