Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend. 1997 David Pearl Bridgend To staff, visitors and patients a journey through the hospital corridors should be a clear, enriching and positive experience demonstrating awareness of physical and emotional needs. The general approach will be to reduce the overall clutter of the exisitng street by removing unnecessary surface features such as signage, crash rails etc introducing a simpler, calmer backdrop. Intergrated arts features and a creative approach to the basic components of the physical environment, such as lighting will be used to bring texture, colour and light to the reception area. The rhythm and sequence of colour and texture will be synchronised with the streets natural pattern A glazed screen, slightly curved and suspended between floor and ceiling was erected in the reception area. The screen is directly opposite the reception and masks a seating area within the reception. It has sufficient integral strength to act as a backrest. Also a row of etched glass slats run along one wall onto which sunken lights shine. A poem runs across the slats. A sculptural water feature brightens up a small internal courtyard