-Case studies of innovative hospital designs - Concepts - Innovative ideas - Forms - Floor plans - Classification and division of hospitals -Circulations - Hospital Design requirements - References

1. Innovative Hospital
Designs
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2. Suzhou Children's
Hospital
Location : China
01

3. Suzhou Children's Hospital
The hospital reinforces it’s tie to the fluidity of the water and
the fluidity of a kite flying, the curves represents waves of
water or currents of air.
Their bright colors and shapes bring wonder and joy to
children of all ages, the colors in the building’s façade
define the hospital as a place for children and their families.
Concept:
Innovative Idea:
• Designed with all the latest concepts in pediatric healthcare
delivery. The design’s imagery puts at ease the stress and
fears of patients and their parents.
• Spaces are designed with the emotional and physical needs,
combination of natural light, and access to multiple outside
areas offer relief from anxiety and improves patient health.

4. Soochow Children’s
Hospital
Location : China
02

5. Inspired by the human body’s natural way of growing
and healing: the process of mitosis, or cell division.
.
Concept:
Innovative Idea:
Soochow Children’s Hospital
• The hospital’s form is derived to imagine the
telophase stage of cell division.
• The sensitive use of color and texture, make the
facility welcoming and approachable.
• The building shape is designed to be flexible and
efficient, as well as helpful to the complex
patient care activities, healthcare research and
educational opportunities.
.

6. Milad Hospital
Location : Jordan
03

7. The ribs - that surround and
protect the lungs in the body.
Concept:
Innovative Idea:
• The main design is a metaphor where the hospital
represents a breathing lung supported by folding GRC
panels, that protect the interior from environmental
factors and infiltrate light.
• The GRC panels wrap the elevations and extend to shade
the rooftop, creating shaded gardens and green pockets
on the roof.
Milad Hospital

8. Ng Teng Fong General
Hospital
Location : Singapore
04

9. Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
To “create a hospital without walls” to provide
every patient with an operational window to
enhance hospital experience.
.
Concept:
Innovative Idea:
• The design responds to the position of the
sun and prevailing breezes.
• Vertical vegetation grows up the building to
provide the patients with direct views of
nature despite the hospital’s urban setting.

10. Winnie Palmer Hospital
For Women & Children
Location : America
05

11. Winnie Palmer Hospital For Women & Children
Was derived from wanting to meet the needs of women and their
children within a medical and nurturing environment.
Designed in a round shape to make it easier to access resources and
make movement of staff and patients more efficient.
,
Concept:
Innovative Idea:
• The striking composition of dark glass and masonry towers creates a
unique and signature design due to it rising up from a triangular base.
• The unique design combines a sense of serenity throughout with the use
of soft, calming colors and tones.

12. Case
Studies

13. Circle Birmingham
Hospital
Location : United Kingdom
01

14. Circle Birmingham Hospital
The hospital is based around an expandable
model which can be adaptable and enlarged
to meet clinical demand now and in the
future.
Tech-powered design which combines form
and function to boost clinical outcomes.
The flexibility in steel work has come to an
expandable and adaptable design which
leaves the hospital in good health.
Concept:
About the hospital:
Founded in: 2020
Architect: Bryden Wood
Number of Beds: 140

15. Form:
The architect’s design approach is
to create a form of ‘adaptive
architecture’, giving the client the
ability to adapt the building as
their needs change.
”Flexibility and adaptability in
design is key to this project”
.

16. Site Plan: Ground Floor:

17. First Floor: Second & Third Floor:

18. Circle Reading Hospital
Location : United Kingdom
02

19. The hospital is hotel-inspired, the
aim is to provide patients the
experience of a hotel rather than a
hospital.
Concept:
Circle Reading Hospital
About the hospital:
Founded in: 2012
Architect: Bryden Wood
Number of Beds: 30

20. Interior:
Comprises 5 operating theatres, 30 recovery
beds, and 140 bedrooms. It also houses an
imaging department and rehabilitation facility.
A design that separates critical spaces from
non-critical spaces such as consulting rooms
and waiting areas, to set up the building
typologies in line with the appropriate clinical
departments, to produce a rational design
delivering efficiency and value.
Clinical, operating and recovery areas are all
together on one floor to avoid staff moving
between levels.

21. Form:
Expressed as a simple box,
with glass “basket-weave”
cladding.
The glass surface creates a
high level of animation, one of
the contrasts between light
and dark with an interplay of
reflections of the sky and the
environment.
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22. Site Plan: Ground Floor:

23. First Floor: Third Floor:
Second Floor:

24. Tambacounda Hospital
Location : Senegal
03

25. Tambacounda Hospital
The architect wanted to design a
series of new treatment rooms
that draws an S-shaped
extension to senegalese hospital
with a snaking building
circulation echoing the rounded
shapes of the existing hospital
buildings.
Concept:

26. Form:
It is a passive climate design innovation to
combat the challenges of hot local weather,
the building is characterized by, a feature
which allows for all the rooms to be aired and
cooled naturally through cross ventilation.
The use of lattice-like brickwork helps block
the sun and facilitating air circulation.
.

27. Ground Floor: First Floor:

28. Nemours Children's
Hospital
Location : America
04

29. Nemours Children's Hospital
”Healing environment”
The overall design was inspired by the rich
garden setting, design elements of plant life,
organic forms, exterior views, and natural
lighting concepts to enhance senses and allow
both children and adults to rediscover the
wonders of nature.
Concept:
About the hospital:
Founded in: 2012
Architect: Stanley Beaman & Sears
Number of Beds: 130

30. Form:
The design of facilities for children is a
mature yet lively architecture, an enriching
and fresh atmosphere, and a site design
that celebrates the role nature can play in
the healing process.
Kids have an opportunity to change the
exterior colored lights from their own rooms,
creating an ever-changing dynamic on the
building’s façade – an artful reminder of the
children being cared for at the hospital.

31. Interior:
The interior spaces are flooded with
natural light and views of nature are
abundant for children and families,
as well as for staff and support
personnel.
A combination of specialty finishes
and high performance materials give
the interiors a clean, modern
aesthetic, and colorful furniture and
wayfinding graphics punctuate spaces
throughout.

32. Site Plan: Ground Floor:

33. First Floor: Second Floor:

34. Mid Coast Hospital
Location : America
05

35. Mid Coast Hospital
Came from energy and its affect on human
beings.
Built upon the hospital's natural setting while
working with local artists to provide symbols,
spaces, and surroundings that join body and
spirit, science and healing.
Concept:
About the hospital:
Founded in: 1991
Architect: Gawron Turgeon Architects
Number of Beds: 93

36. Ground Floor: First Floor:

37. Third Floor:

38. Site
Analysis

39. Natural Factors:
Location:
Site is located in Seef Area, Bahrain.
Site is endowed with natural features of earth and
sand and has a few vegetation.
Hospital’s Site Analysis
Site

40. Roads:
Cultural Factors:
The site is a residential land and
recreational land, above sea level and
surrounded by commercial buildings
which are located at the main road.
It is a rectangle shape emerged with a
curved corner.
Traffic:
Main Roads
Secondary Roads
Light Traffic
Medium Traffic
Heavy Traffic

41. Climate:
Rain: only 70 millimeters of rain fall per
year, most of the rains occur in the
winter however they are irregular.
Sun path: the sun rises from the east and
sets in the west.
Wind path: the prevailing wind blows
from the north west to the south east.
N
S
W E
Site

42. Noise:
South: Main road traffic noise and mall
parking noise
East : Future construction and few
noise from secondary road
Site

43. Views:
South: Main road and mall
West: Tall Building tower
East: Road and parking
North: Building centre
Best View
Site

44. Surrounding:
Classification of the buildings surrounding
the site are:
• Business buildings
• Merchandise buildings
• Commercial buildings Site
Merchandise Building
Business Buildings
Business
Buildings
Commercial
Building
Business
Buildings
Void
Land
Void
Land

45. Site Access:
Could be accessed from the south
and east side
Site

46. Near Landmarks:
Seef Mosque North Side
Seef Mall South Side
Al Moayyed Tower East Side
BMMI Tower West Side
N
S
W E

47. Building direction proposal:
Hospital entrances would be most
suited facing the south and east due to
the noise and easier access from the
road.
N
S
W E

48. Parking Height Corridor
Building Permit Regulations:
Width of the corridor should not
be less than 2.4 m
Building height should not
exceed 5 floors above ground
level
5 car parkings for each 100 m²
of building’s surface including
pathways

49. Hospital
Design

50. 2) Size of hospitals:
1) Level of care:
• Secondary hospitals such as direct hospitals.
• Tertiary hospitals such as high specialized
hospitals or educational hospitals.
• Mini sized hospitals ( up to 50 beds )
• Mid sized hospitals ( 50 – 250 beds)
• Big hospitals ( 250 – 500 beds )
• Huge hospitals ( more than 500 beds )
Classification of Hospitals
4) Owner of the hospital:
3) Medical specialists:
• Specialist hospitals such as pediatric
hospitals…etc
• General hospitals where all medical specialists
are provided.
• Private hospitals
• Public hospitals such as university hospitals

51. Division of Hospitals
3) Diagnostic services Division:
1) Administration Division
2) Outpatient’s Division:
• Outpatient’s Clinics
• Pharmacy
• Emergency Reception
• Laboratories
• Radiology
4) Therapeutic services Division:
• Physical Therapy
• Radiology
6) Internal Medical Treatment Division:
5) Inpatient Division:
• Patient wards
• Nurse wards
• Inpatient services
• Intensive care unit
• Operation rooms
• Maternity sections
• Central sterilization department
7) General services Division:
• Kitchen
• Laundry
• Security
• Storage
• Workshops
• Parking
• Landscaping
• Mechanical Services

52. Entrances and Circulation
Entrances :
• Patient visitors entrance
• External clinics entrance
• Emergency entrance
• Service entrance
Circulation :

53. Elevators
2.7 x 1.8 m
1.4 x 2.4 m
1.4 x 1.6 m
1.4 x 2.0 m

54. Administration Division
Components:
• Reception Hall
• Waiting Area
• Registration
• Staff Offices
• General manager’s office
• Nurse’s head office
• Treasury and accounts
• WC’s
Functional Relations:

55. Administration Division
Location :
• Close to main entrance of the hospital
• Entrance area, registration and accounts
should face the entrance
• Manager’s office should be back for privacy
Example :

56. Outpatient’s Division
Components:
• Consultation room
• Examination room
• Treatment room
• Waiting area
• Staff room
• WC’s
Functional Relations:

57. Outpatient’s Division
Location :
• Close to main entrance of the hospital
• Close to diagnostic services (labs and
x-ray)
• Close to pharmacy
Example :

58. Emergency Division
Components:
• Entrance and waiting area
• Registration and reception
• Mini- surgery
• Mini sterilization room
• Test room
• Medical utilities
• Staff room
Functional Relations:
3.4 x 4.0 m

59. Emergency Reception
Location :
• Close to emergency door.
• Close to radiology, pharmacy,
laboratories and central
sterilization.
• Direct access to the stairs and
elevators.
Example :

60. Diagnostic services Division
Components:
• Work area
• Waiting area
• Staff offices
• Sample and cleaning room
• Microbiology and chemistry labs
• Bacteriology and pathology labs
• Histology and hematology labs
Functional Relations:
3.2 x 4.3 m

61. Diagnostic services Division
Location :
• Close to emergency department
and external clinics.
• Accessible from internal division,
maternity, surgery departments
and central storages
Example :

62. Radiology Division
Components:
• X-ray rooms
• Control room
• Waiting area
• Dark room
• Utility room
• Staff office
Functional Relations:

63. Radiology Division
Location :
• Preferred to be in the ground floor.
• Close to emergency department
and external clinics.
• Accessible from internal division.
Example :

64. Therapeutic services Division
Components:
• Office
• Exercise room
• Hydro-therapy
• Waiting area
• WC’s
Functional Relations:

65. Therapeutic services Division
Location :
• Close to main entrance.
• Accessible from internal and
external divisions.
• Preferred to be in the ground floor.
Example :

66. Internal Medical Treatment Division
Components:
• Supervision room
• Access area
• Clean up room
• Preparation and operation rooms
• Sub – sterilizing room
• Staff room and lockers
• Storage
• WC’s
Functional Relations:

67. Internal Medical Treatment Division
Location :
• Accessible from emergency division.
• Close to inpatient wards.
• Close to Intensive care unit and central
sterilization.
Example :

68. Intensive Care Unit
Location :
• Close to recovery room in the
operation theatre.
• Accessible from emergency
division by elevator.
Functional Relations & Example :

69. Maternity Division
Components:
• Open room
• Operation room
• Clean and unclean rooms
• Waiting area
• Delivery corridor
• Office
• Utilities and storage
Example :

70. Central Sterilization Division
Components:
• Work space
• Receiving area
• Washing area
• Supplies storage
Functional Relations:

71. Central Sterilization Division
Location :
• Accessible from emergency division,
laundry and central storages.
• Close to the operation theatre and
maternity division.
Example :

72. Inpatient Division
Components:
• Inpatient wards
• Nursing stations
• Treatment rooms
• Doctor room
• Day room
• Kitchen
• Storage
• WC’s
Area of bed :

73. Inpatient Division
Location :
Preferred to be in upper floors
Example :
Nightingale ward :
A hospital ward, which contains one large rooms
without subdivisions for patient occupancy.
Contains about 24 – 34 beds

74. General services Division
Components:
• Kitchen
• Cleaning room
• Preparing and supply area
• Storage room
Functional Relations:

75. General services Division
Location :
• In ground floor
• Direct opening to the service
entrance
Example :

76. House Keeping Division
Components :
• Office
• Clean and dirty linen
• Laundry
• Mechanical room
• Storage
Examples :
Location :
• In ground floor
• Close to central storages

77. References :
1. https://www.archdaily.com/108031/suzhou-childrens-hospital-hks
2. https://archibaseplanet.com/blog/view/3274.html
3. https://architizer.com/projects/childrens-hospital-at-soochow-university/
4. https://www.world-architects.com/en/paradigm-design-house-amman/project/milad-hospital
5. https://www.hok.com/projects/view/ng-teng-fong-general-hospital-jurong-community-hospital-
ntfgh-jch/
6. https://designbuzz.com/16-unique-hospital-designs-from-around-the-world/
7. https://www.benayat.bh/building-permits/assets/Building_Permit_Code_ENG_v1.1_en.pdf

78. Case Studies References :
1. https://www.archdaily.com/439396/nemours-children-s-hospital-stanley-beaman-and-
sears/525f5621e8e44e2451000061-nemours-children-s-hospital-stanley-beaman-and-sears-garden-
plan?next_project=no
2. https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/nemours-childrens-hospital-6648
3. http://designawards.architects.org/projects/healthcare-design/nemours-childrens-hospital/
4. https://www.midcoasthealth.com/findus/floorplans-level3.aspx
5. https://midcoasthealth.com/healingenvironment/default.aspx
6. https://www.slideshare.net/dhobacyare/hospital-design-48571482

79. Case Studies References :
1. https://www.steelconstruction.info/Circle_Health_private_hospital,_Edgbaston,_Birmingham
2. https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/bryden-wood-completes-new-hospital-in-
birmingham-on-old-bbc-pebble-mill-site
3. https://www.arch2o.com/circle-reading-hospital-brydenwood/
4. https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/tambacounda-hospital-expansion-manuel-herz-architects
5. https://www.archdaily.com/961242/tambacounda-hospital-manuel-herz-architects
6. https://www.dezeen.com/2018/06/13/manuel-herz-architects-tambacounda-hospital-senegal-
extension/