A fairytale beanstalk forest-community suspended by two huge trees.

A giant tower dwarfing anything else in the CBD.

A lot of triangles, buzzing angrily.

A gigantic fabric curtain surrounding the site.

These are some of the ideas that didn’t make it to the Old Royal Adelaide Hospital design shortlist, and InDaily DESIGN is pleased to highlight them here.

You can view all of the 126 entries to the open design competition at the State Archives Building in Leigh St, Adelaide.

Praud – USA

“The Adelaide Jellyfish.”

A giant wall around the Old RAH site from which a large suspended fabric curtain would hang down.

“A sky-walk ring circles the perimeter of the site not only creating a 360 view of the city, but generating a new urban artifact that speaks to the scale and growth of the city. The unification of the site as a single district occurs by engulfing the buildings with an oversized curtain that wraps around the perimeter.

Matthews Architects SA – Australia

[R]adelaide [A]spire [H]earth site

“We belive that this is the time and the place to consider what Adelaide should have, but doesn’t yet.”
The site would comprise an aquarium, natural history museum, museum of modern art, amphitheatre and very large observation tower.

Donis – The Netherlands

The centre of the hospital is removed and replaced with a community centre. A large performance centre is built on the site’s eastern side with a green roof allowing for hanging performances.

Kelkan Vic – Australia

“Eco Precinct.”

The site contains several new buildings, including a natural disaster centre, eco centre and aboriginal centre.

Woo-Hyun Cho – China

“The Upper Square / The Lower Square”

A two-level makeover for the site, incorporating an open-air swimming pool, student housing, restaurants and shopping alongside several museums.

Shin Tsuchiya Architects, Japan

Three seperate hills landscaped onto the site, with large paths running over each hill and meeting in the middle to create a gathering point.

“The shape of the Urban Synapse has a sunken place. The centre of this site is like the bottom of the dishes.”

Architects of Human Spaces – Victoria

“An idea to defragment existing barriers and users”.

U-Toyama, Japan

A “floating tree town” supported above the old RAH site by two large trees. “Like Fairy Land (Beanstalk Town)”, the submission notes.