Hubs for health is a healthcare interior architecture proposal that focuses on patients’ needs. The project rethinks the orthopedic outpatient department in Vienna’s University Hospital, whose patients are severely ill or physically disabled and have to endure long waiting times, which adds to their distress.

Considering how waiting areas impact patients' physical and mental wellbeing, the project focuses on an environment that transforms dark hospital corridors into high-quality circulation spaces providing areas for social encounter, exchange and private retreat.

The overall design draws from shapes of physiotherapeutic cushions to evoke the notion of both visual and physical comfort, proposing space typologies tailored to medical and non-medical needs, diverging from a rigid grid layout and aiming to emphasize the importance of addressing vulnerabilities and needs of patients.