GENERAL TECHING HOSPITAL

Al-Nahrain university, Architectural Engineering Department

Idea projektu

The main driver was to rethink the conventional way to design a hospital , instead of bore white dead walls into more lively and enriching experience.

Popis projektu

Hospitals were once perceived as cold and uninviting environments. Today, healthcare architecture is evolving toward a new design approach where design strategies such as natural light, passive ventilation, and therapeutic landscapes contribute to the healing process. One of the key principles of “healing architecture” or “biophilic design” is the use of natural metaphors to shape architectural form. In this project, the Acacia tree was used as a design metaphor, not only because it exists within the site’s vegetation, but also due to its historical therapeutic significance in medicine heritage such as the high institutes, cultural centers and the various ministries that contribute in enriching and activating this center.

Technické informace

8.4*8.4 Structural grid was adapted to construct this project, because of its proven efficiency in organizing health care functional spaces.