CURAÇAO MEDICAL CENTER
DESIGN PRINCIPLES client Ballast Nedam Nieuwegein architect OZ Curaçao EGM architects Dordrecht engineering consultants Valstar Simonis Eindhoven gross floor area approx. 40.000 m2 design 2012
One of the strong areas of focus of our firm is context based design. In our conviction it is not so much about what we want as architects or urban planners but what the place asks or requires to become a stronger part of the whole. This basic philosophy guides our work when making urban plans but also when designing a piece of furniture. Very often as an architect you have little influence on the list of requirements and also the location where a project or intervention is being realized. Basically these two ingredients are a given, and to you the humble task to match these. In the case of a hospital, and definitely in this assignment with a very strong list of requirements prepared by USONA the rough
outlines of the shape and logistic organization within this shape are nearly a given. We were obliged to work with proven technology, not only for materials and installations but also for the logistic organization of the design. Thus our task was much more how to fit this design in its surroundings than creating a shape in which the list of requirements could fit. We have often used the analogy with the engine of a car, this is engineered to perform in particular way notwithstanding the design of the car in which it is placed. In our opinion our assignment is to fit the “engine” in the best way possible in its surroundings.
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EGM architects, our counterpart, gave us the basic building blocks for the design. They could prove that these blocks, placed in a certain relation to each other, worked very well in a hospital they designed which had a similar list of requirements. This was a strong prerequisite of USONA. The building blocks consist of a long block, the so called “hot floor” with all the high level medical functions (as the operating room and the intensive care) and two U-shaped blocks with the wards. In between these blocks a common space (the atrium) was needed, where the none medical functions could be realized such as the restaurant, the little store, the quite room, but also the patient registration.
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- Design is based on “Trias Energetica” - Optimising maintenance costs - Taking local circumstances into account (materials and climate) - Cooling by wind - Solar boilers - Minimize sunlight by shading - Good airtightness of the facade in relation to limiting moisture penetration - For “deep” cooling in relation to water balance twin coil in the air conditioning unit provided for warming up supply air by heat exchange with return air - Energy-saving lighting - Energy-saving cooling machines
Efficient use of remaining fossil energy
TRIAS ENERGETICA
GROUND FLOOR
Admissions ward Psychiatric and Penitentiary ward Radiology department Emergency Room department ER fast track Ambulance service Blood collection laboratory Radiotherapy Dialysis department Admissions ward
Plaster casting department
Psychiatric and Penitentiary ward
Pressure tank
Radiology department
Outpatient Pharmacy
Emergency Room department
Mortuary and autopsy room
ER fast track
Office for administ
Ambulance service
Meeting center
Blood collection laboratory
Logistic functions and central area
Radiotherapy
Central kitchen
Dialysis department
Medical electronics services
Admissions ward
Plaster casting department
MER and SER rooms
Psychiatric and Penitentiary ward
Pressure tank
Staff restaurant
Radiology department
Outpatient Pharmacy
Staff dressing room
Emergency Room department
Mortuary and autopsy room
On call service and family rooms
ER fast track
Office for administ
Entrances and central hall
Ambulance service
Meeting center
Visitor's restaurant
Blood collection laboratory
Logistic functions and central area
Corridor / staircase / elevator
Radiotherapy
Central kitchen
Technical facility
Dialysis department
Medical electronics services
Plaster casting department
MER and SER rooms
Pressure tank
Staff restaurant
Outpatient Pharmacy
Staff dressing room
ration and management
ration and management
3RD FLOOR
General Nursing Wards General nursing and day care ward Delivery ward Maternity and obstetrics ward Children's ward NICU Intensive and Medium Care Treatment department Operation Room complex General Nursing Wards
Physiotherapy
General nursing and day care ward
Central Sterile Supply department
Delivery ward
Care providers office
Maternity and obstetrics ward
Bed service point
Children's ward
Corridor / staircase / elevator
NICU
Technical facility
Intensive and Medium Care Treatment department Operation Room complex Physiotherapy Central Sterile Supply department Care providers office
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