An all-knowing cow, cheese factory, eel hatchery and a "nurse-cloning machine" are among the more than 90 suggestions voiced by the Dunedin public.
It is all part of the collaborative art installation, "City Planners", which wraps up today as part of this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.
"To sum it up, they just want the thing built — they want it to be gotten on with," Ms Rowe said.
Fellow facilitator Marion Familton said Dunedin and the Otago-Southland region felt "a little neglected".
"We felt, in some ways, doing this Fringe event is a way of keeping morale up and giving the community something nice."
Visitors were presented with a form asking what they would like to see included in the inpatient building’s as of yet undesignated sixth floor.
They were then invited to bring their ideas to life out of clay, as well as creating clay avatars of themselves to create a "march".
That included an all-knowing cow sitting beneath a tree of knowledge and a chocolate cake — but only for children; "no adults".
"We’ve got a library where the owls come out of a tree and deliver library books to people to read.
"Somebody wanted an area where people could bring flowers and foliage from their gardens and donate it to the hospital, and other people could make up bouquets of flowers for people to give to their sick friends — there’s been so many."
Ms Familton said they had received responses from a wide range of more than 100 people, including city councillors, MPs, a part-time cleaner, nursing students, children and even medical professionals and public health officials.
Stopping by the installation yesterday was the Very Rev Dr Tony Curtis, dean of Dunedin’s St Paul’s Cathedral, whose idea for the empty floor included trainee entertainers, chefs, clergy, artists and musicians "to provide round-the-clock good food and good company for everyone".
"City Planners" is open from 10am to 4.30pm for its final day today at 343 George St.
