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A new rehabilitation facility breaks the
pattern of institutional architecture
Once a small resort town,Woy Woy has long been a
favourite of retirees, including the parents of legendary
comedian Spike Milligan. He first visited the NSW
Central Coast peninsula in 1958 and spent many
months there over the following decades.“To me it was
his home, that was where his heart was, at Woy Woy,
where he always went back to,” says Laura Milligan,
Spike’s eldest daughter.
The growing retiree population was a major factor in the
development of the Woy Woy Hospital’s Rehabilitation
Unit, a 30-bed facility managed by the Central Coast
Local Health Network for patients requiring restorative
care following injury, surgery or illness.
OUT
OF THE
BLUE
Project:
Woy Woy Rehabilitation Unit
Location:
Woy Woy NSW
Function:
Thirty-bed unit accommodating patients
requiring restorative care
Client:
Health Infrastructure
Architect:
Woods Bagot
Structural engineer:
AECOM
Builder:
ADCO Constructions
Bricklayer:
Conrina Constructions
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Photography:
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