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Wait, so the Power colours are a permanent fixture? I imagine it must be, or why else would they bother to make that pattern? If so, that's pretty ugly. I'm probably biased against it as a Crows supporter, but it doesn't really go nicely at all with SAHMRI and the uni buildings that will be going up in the area.

It's a touch more green than Port's teal. The North Tce facing side is greener again. It feels 'hospitally'.

Thanks for the photos, i was on the train into town last night from a friends place and got a chance to go past the hospital. Its freaking huge. I am a Port Supporter and feel as if the colours don't really suit or match well with anything, but at least it is a bit of colour at the end of the day. I do prefer the North Terrace colour scheme though.

Oh boy, those colours are a bit of an insult on the eye.

stronic wrote:Oh boy, those colours are a bit of an insult on the eye.

I don't mind the scheme, but don't understand the logic. A pattern would have made some sense...

Wow.. those colours make it look like cheap precast concrete.

Couldn't they have selected a bronze colour or something more classy, being $2.1b and all.. and sitting next to the SAHMRI.

contractor wrote:Wow.. those colours make it look like cheap precast concrete.

Couldn't they have selected a bronze colour or something more classy, being $2.1b and all.. and sitting next to the SAHMRI.

I don't mind those colours so much. It certainly is a contrast to its surroundings, but it does need something else to pull the entire façade design together - like what they did at the Adelaide Oval, a huge bronze feature wall or something similar.
In the end, at least its not a blank grey canvas...

I have attached some pics from a site tour I did on Tuesday. Full Album
From the rooftop




I think this was a kiss and drop style entrance, which then goes underground and exits to the west.


Cantilevered boxes



Retaining wall against North Terrace for 3 underground carpark levels


ICU room

Full Album at imgur

Pic Friday night:



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picture taken Saturday 14 mar from the north east side - random colour scheme

Landscaping in Port Road, and facade near SAHMRI - last week:

Pics from Monday:

So I've just noticed something - they've made provision for a footbridge across the rail tracks.

If you're on a train going past - you'll notice that between SAHMRI and the NRAH they've put glass panels up on an eight metre or so wide section, on what appears to be a dead - end to a walkway.

Furthermore looking on NearMaps, you can actually see the walkway that exists between the NRAH and SAHMRI and where it 'ends' - in the same spot as the glass panels. This walkway is a natural continuation of Gray Street.

Also, you can see where the gantries have gone in for the train tracks, typically - they span the entire 8 tracks leading into the ARS - but where the 'footbridge' will go, the gantries only span the northern most six tracks. Clearly a footbridge pylon will go in someplace nearby the 2 southern tracks and the underside of the footbridge will provide the supports for the electric cables to those two tracks.

edit - You can actually see the dead end in pictures two and three in the post below mine. Very centre of the photos.

[Shuz] wrote:So I've just noticed something - they've made provision for a footbridge across the rail tracks...

Wasn't that for the proposed railway platform?

One thing that has come to my attention is the car-parking in the area, or should I say the lack of.

Im aware that there is parking within the new facility, but that won't cater for both staff and visitors The only land I can think of for use of a car-parking facility would be the triangle block that sits between the train-tracks. They'd require a series of bridges over the tracks for access, but it'd be a great use for otherwise useless land.