The Panacea Medical Center

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

Vassilis Koumandakis

ABSTRACT Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

The Panacia Medical Center is a model of the future of HealthCare. By creating a new environment for patients and doctors, by combining design aesthetics with the hospital code to redefine the concept of a hospital for 2050. By cooperating with Artificial Intelligence Technology systems that will sense, warn but also create a chain of actions for the fastest transportation of the patient to the hospital. Opperating in the center city part of the Jefferson University campus it is also a hub for medical innovation and expirimentation with a Data Center for the “S.M.A.R.T.� systems to operate.

CONTENT Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center SITE ANALYSIS...........................................................................................................4-13 Macro-Scale Mezzo-Scale

BIO-INSPIRATION...................................................................................................14-19 Placoid Scales HydrodynamicW

PROPOSAL..............................................................................................................19-30 Schematic Design Diagrams

Floor Plans Sections Renderings

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MACROSCALE DIAGRAMS

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4 5

MASTER PLAN

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MACROSCALE DIAGRAMS

Energy Consumption

Wind Pattern Utilization

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MACROSCALE DIAGRAMS

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

City Wide Data Collection

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MEZZOSCALE DIAGRAMS

Thomas Jefferson MasterPlan

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MACROSCALE DIAGRAMS

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MEZZOSCALE DIAGRAMS

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MACROSCALE DIAGRAMS

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MEZZOSCALE DIAGRAMS

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

MACROSCALE DIAGRAMS

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Fast Traffic Emergency Arteries

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

BIO-INSPIRATION DIAGRAMS

BIO-INSPIRATION

Placoid Scale (Shark Scale)

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

BIO-INSPIRATION DIAGRAMS

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

BIO-INSPIRATION DIAGRAMS

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

BIO-INSPIRATION DIAGRAMS

Placoid Scale

-G Forces on the axons

Final Form

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

BIO-INSPIRATION DIAGRAMS

Scale Dichotomy

Apply - G Forces

Create a final Form

Extrude/Smooth

Final Form

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

What is “PANACEA”? “from Greek panakeia, from panakēs (all-healing), from pan (all) + akos (remedy).”

It is a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

Plaza on Market St The landscape on the north side of the Panacea Center, acts as a public park but also as an access route to the main elevator lobby

First Floor ER entrance The first floor combines the Emergency Rooms with floor lobbies that guide the public to the elevators

Pana Pa nace cea a Po Poly lycl clin inic ic

Placoid Scale on Site

4 Different Programs

Connections

Greenery in the Plaza

Vertical Circulation

Levels (870,000 sqft)

Louver System

Primary Structure

Final Building

Thomas Jefferson University: The Panacea Medical Center

Vassilis Koumandakis