DREAM OF TRAINS at LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Transforming the concept of a hospital stay, Lurie Children's Hospital strives to be a welcoming oasis for its young patients and their families. To engage and soothe hospital guests, Big Atmosphere created a kinetic sculpture on the topic of trains, which wend their way through a surrealistic proto-landscape. The repetitive movement helps people relax as they watch the trains.

Planning for such a fun exhibit was anything but casual. The requirements of the hospital guided our thinking, in order to maintain safety, cleanliness and maintainability in this high-tech clinical setting.

Young patients and their families are lulled into a timeless reverie, forgetting their worries for a few moments.