Sun Yat Sen University Seventh Affiliated Hospital Phase 2 Design Submission
Shenzhen, China
The hospital must be focussed on the communities it serves, many hospitals act as self contained islands with no relationships to their surroundings. The Shenzhen Peoples hospital will become a destination within its neighbourhood. A place for wellness and not just a place to be when you are sick.
Through the architecture, the space is transformed into an urban landscape for the surrounding communities, schools, medical staff, providing a tranquil place for leisure and relaxation. The open and shared green space aim to maximize integration with the city, creating a natural rehabilitation oasis for all.
Similar to the radial vein network, the concept envisage to connect Phase 1 & 2 closely. A connecting “Vein” starting from Phase 1 continues to Phase 2, uniting the collection of components along the way, acting as the strong backbone of the overall design.
This planning concept is flexible and suitable for future expansion or connection of new buildings, allowing effective integration with phase 1 and all future traffic network development. The satellite modules radiate from the HUB provides high flexibility and expansibility. Each was given room to develop a design suitable for its purpose, which improve efficiency, building scale & cost control, etc. In between the modules, more outdoor and landscape space can also be created for users’ activities & communications, enhancing the environment quality. In addition, the entrances, way-findings are clear, providing maximum readability.
The overall planning principle adopts the radial layout concept. The intention is that the core part of the HUB is the medical & technical building that gathers all the technologies, equipment and patients and staff who need the most support. This part will always be the noble part of the hospital. The spokes works like satellites: the closer they are to the HUB, the more they need support from it. This centralize medical resources and improve medical efficiency. The multi-channel forms two types of routes, avoiding the cross of different functional units, and ensuring the clarity and simplicity of each process flow.
The building adopts a natural streamline to avoid the hard edges of traditional hospitals and is embedded with more three-dimensional green spaces such as green plant terraces and rooftop gardens, fully integrating the hospital into nature and creating an eco-friendly hospital interface.
The design makes full use of the natural landscape and adopts passive energy-saving building planning methods, combining active energy-saving technologies such as rainwater recycling, solar energy, and optimisation systems to build a truly green hospital.
To achieve a pedestrian friendly environment within a medical campus it is in important to manage the flow of users, especially their arrival and departure. The introduction of sunken plaza’s along the main axis offers users simple connections to the MTR and parking facilities via the lower ground floors. This in turn reduces vehicular movement at Ground floor allowing for enhances patient and pedestrian experience.
The front door to any project is incredibly important, even more so to a hospital perhaps. A Patients first impression of the hospital in which they will place their trust is of upmost importance.
It sends a bold message about the role of the hospital within the community: this place is a resource not just for patients, but for everyone.
Arriving at any hospital can be a daunting experience, the aim at any healthcare facility should be to focus on the patients, healthcare professionals and users for the wider community in a calm and welcoming environment.
It sends a bold message about the role of the hospital within the community: this place is a resource not just for patients, but for everyone.
team
Design Partner - Leonard Milford
Project Partners - Peby Pratama, Sonja Stoffels
Project Leaders - Joyce Lo, Han Tang
Architectural Team
Sean Yuh, Bethany Huang, Teddy Fan, Ping Wong, Charlie Gu
consultants
10 Design - Lead Design Architect
Zhubo Design – Lead Consultant
Egis - Healthcare Engineer
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