London based Two Create were commissioned to design the latest Teenage Cancer Trust Unit in the brand new state of the art Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Known as the Teenage Cancer Trust YPU (Young Persons Unit) the 12 patient ward consists of four single bed bays, two four bed bays and three social spaces including a study room, cinema room and kitchen/day room.

Patients were consulted throughout the design process and a ‘Boutique Hotel’ theme emerged. Each room is styled differently to the next so that patients returning for treatment are able to stay in different environments each time they visit, such as the 1960’s inspired ‘Pop’ room or New York styled ‘Loft’. Standard fittings were cleverly utilized or adapted like the metal clad wall panels at the bed heads, where Two Create designed die-cut sheet magnets used by patients to personalise their rooms with personal artifacts such as posters and photographs.

Designers: Two Create
Location: The New Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England
Client: Teenage Cancer Trust
Creative Directors: Lucy & Tobie Snowdowne
Designers: Lucy Snowdowne, Tobie Snowdowne, Felix Trunk, Melanie Graf
Photographs: John Selby