Although a stand-alone children's hospital, the building is strategically linked back to the flagship by connectors on four floors to align with adult services such as maternity, critical care, and surgery. Expansion is addressed by the ability to add two additional inpatient floors and the fit-out of two shelled floors. The building footprint is expanded on floors three and four in the form of a cantilever to support the robust programs for NICU and the future surgical suite and, at the same time, provide a covered entry on the first floor and future play deck on the fourth-floor roof. One element stays consistent on all the patient floors-the family lounge remains the orientation point for themed wayfinding elements. Imaging is the only service in the building that combines inpatients and outpatients. Its location on the ground floor accommodates a separate outpatient entry and reception. The spirit and character of the interiors of the hospital are friendly and inviting, fostering healing by giving children and their families a sense of choice and control, and their medical caregivers a compelling place to work. Supplement to Healthcare Design * 08.16 119