Celebrating 30 years of Maggie's and the power of inspiring spaces
Over three decades, a growing network of Maggie’s cancer care centres across the UK and beyond have shown that inspiring, caring buildings can create a much-needed space, away from the clinical environment of the hospital, for people to process one of life’s toughest challenges.
To mark the 30th anniversary of Maggie’s, this exhibition explores the organisation's groundbreaking approach to design, bringing together the voices of centre visitors and staff, with the globally recognised architects who have designed these buildings.
Each Maggie’s centre is a unique space, designed with care by renowned architects from around the world, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and Benedetta Tagliabue.
In response to her own experiences of cancer, Maggie Keswick Jencks dreamt of buildings that would help people ‘not to lose the joy of living in the fear of dying’. By showing the design principles behind these unique buildings, the exhibition will show the importance of a warm welcome and a sense of home, views of nature, and moments of flexibility, beauty and surprise in creating inspiring spaces.
Maggie's Comic Worksheet
As part of the exhibition, museum visitors are invited to take away a comic workbook designed by Dundee-based artist Erin McGrath.
This activity encourages visitors to reflect on their own interactions with healthcare design, and asks them to consider how architecture, gardens, and interiors can create positive and nurturing experiences during challenging times. Erin’s artistic practice is informed by her training as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and her studies at the Glasgow School of Art.
Erin’s commission has been kindly supported by the NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation.
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