Dartmouth Health Stairwell: Pods

In our largest Pod installation to date, this evocative design reaches 70’ in sweeping dynamic curves. Natalie designed the piece for the four story stairwell in the new Patient Pavilion on the Dartmouth Health campus to bring a calming sense of flow to this busy healthcare environment.

Following themes of expansion and contraction, stillness and rushing energy, Natalie hopes to bring the healing power of art to the space with an invitation to pause and breathe. As patients and staff walk up and down the stairs throughout the day, they flow up like air and wind curling up, and down like water falling.

These photos show the design process in individual elements on a large floor, and some essential digital aids when designing and installing a piece of this scale.

Thank you to Joni Taube of Art 3 Gallery for facilitating this project and to Dartmouth Health for celebrating the importance of artwork in healing spaces.