January 2009 Archives
1.Sketch Plan of a single ambulance ramp forming a partial pyramid - 2. The same slab seen from different angles. When seen from bellow the the form is read as slab rather than pyramid.
3.These are some initial dimensions and angles that I followed in the forming of the slabs
(sorry about the layout my illustrator is down, so its straight..from rhino) I am still working on the section but it looks so boring that I don't want to post it yet.
I tried to create the pyramids out of Slabs and show
the slab connecting the different programs. The different slab sizes are based
on requirements of vehicles and people.
Pedestrian passages are 5-3 m wide to allow for the passage of hospital beds.
The vehicle ramps are between 7- 10 to allows for large cars and ambulances.
The Middle part of the plan is the area where the pyramids
have been reworked. The middle pyramid being the main entrance to the emergency
services with ambulance ramps leading up and connecting to other buildings. Through the distortion of the slab the complete pyramid is broken. The
picturesque garden intersects the to allow for nature to be introduced to the sterile
environments of the slab.
The UCL Hospital - the new building - covers 725000 m2. My site is 153000. UCLH would cover the site over x 4.
The hospital program is extensive and requires a large amount of area with the possibility to expand and change with medical advancement.
General Hospital Programs
ClINICAL SERVICES
Accident and Emergency
Patients
entrance and emergency entrance
Ambulance Entrance
Cancer and clinical hematology
services
Critical Care
Fetal Medicine Unit
Gastroenterology
General Medicine
General Surgery
Imaging
Infection prevention and control
Infectious diseases
Maternity Services
Medical Physics
Medical Specialties and Therapies
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Nuclear Medicine
Outpatients
Pediatric and Adolescents
Pediatrics and Maternity Services
Pharmacy and Medicines Management
Theatres Anesthetics and Pain
Services
Trauma and Orthopedics
Urology
Women’s Health
Short-term Hospitalization
Radiological Institute
Morgue Access
Laboratory for Pathological
Anatomy
Physical Therapy Entrance
Medical Centre Entrance
Storage
Treatment Recovery Units
Recovery Rooms
Operating Rooms
Center for Blood Transfusions
Arrival at the Out Patient
Department
Free Clinic
Radiological Institute
Stomatology Department
Diagnosis Department
Physical Medicine Department
Institute for Pathological
Anatomy
Morgue
Pathology
Central Medical Hall
Patient Path
Physicians Rooms
Patient Rooms
Patient Arrival Ramp
Patient and Visitor Forum- Living
spaces for Patients circulation for Visitors
Clean and Dirty Paths
Laboratory
Pharmacy
Religious
Ramp Access to Church
Patient Chapel
Morgue Chapel
Nuns’ Chapel
Nuns’ Quarters
Nuns’ Quarters
Monks’ Quarters
Priests Quarters
Other
Police Station
Parking Lot
Highway Connector - Automobile
tunnel
Play department
Hospital Radio
Garden
Staff Services
Directors House
Doctors Offices
Housing for Doctors and Nurses on
Call
Area for Physicians and Nurses on
call
Cafeteria
Nurse’s Entrance
Nurse’s Quarters
Nurse’s Locker Room
Living Room
Research Nurses Group
Conference Rooms
Conference Hall
Carport
Visitor Services
Cafeteria
Reception
Museum
Shops
Hotel Entrance
Shops
Cafe
Cinema
Administration Offices
Administrative Entrance
Technical Office
Financial Office
Conference Room
Comments suggestions and
complaints
Communications unit (Media and
press)
Chaplaincy
Charitable foundations
Voluntary Services
Information Management and
Technology
Staff Support Service
Patient Advice and Liaison
Service
Patient and Public Involvement
Recruitment
Maintenance Area
Workshops -Maintenance Staff Area
Service
Kitchen
Food Storage
Laundry
Linen Room
Linen Storage
Loading Zone
Entrance to General Services
Storage
Mechanical Rooms
Technical Gallery
Educational Services
School for young patients
Postgraduate Medical Education
Library services
Healthcare Library
Reading Room
Book Storage
Lecture Rooms
DESIGNED: 1964
TOTAL FOOT PRINT AREA: XXm²
BEDS: 1,148
As opposed to the classical conception of hospitals which are generally organized vertically this was a horizontal hospital planned over three floors.
The first level on the ground is the level of connection with the city with the general services and public access.
The second level is dedicated to preventative care, specialised care and rehabilitation. It is the level of medical technology.
The third level is the zone of hospitalization and the visitors level.
The point of departure for the hospital was the room or Cellule, created at the human scale, which is part of a care unit that houses 28 patients. The unit is organized around a central space, Campiello and four circulation paths, Calle which are intended for both circulation and and inhabitation by patients. The frame work yields a horizontal hospital. The hospital stops being a static organism and acquires the flexibility to follow both the evolution of medical innovation and to accommodate the possibility of future growth. The hospitals departments are interchangeable and can be used in accordance with the hospitals needs. In the hospital the patient finds the condition of city life when entering the “Calle”, the “Campiello” and hanging gardens.
“Opening the ground floor directly onto the city, allows for a city-hospital encounter, and facilitated the transmission of medicine to the outside world.”
The hotel, the restaurant, the cinema and the shops are intended to effectively enable the integration with the city create the possibility for patients to be treated without having to be hospitalized.
TOTAL AREA: 72,5000m²
BEDS: 2000
In 2000, in one of the biggest PFI deals ever, UCLH with its PFI partners, Health Management (UCLH) plc, began to invest £422 million in building and equipping a brand new hospital on the Euston road, London.
HOSPITAL STRUCTURE
The Tower in the main wing will consist of three basements and 17 upper floors. The Podium will have two basements and five upper floors. The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (EGA) wing, Phase 2 of the project, will have two basements and five upper floors.
