Your diagramming is strong, well done. Its clear and easy to grasp. However I feel your ability to show how well you research different types of buildings is weakened because of the examples you have chosen. Except for the Chicago Hospital, all the others looks like repeats of the same big box. Another important highlight would be to look at the dual mode of hospitals, you have the life threatening & acute flow (Emergency Department), then you have the day treatment where you walk causally to have a chat with your doctor. Then there is the full spectrum of health urgency in between. Another area you cannot dismiss is the growing architectural works (literally) that have nature as their core in the hospital or core to the concept. Depending on your predisposition, you don't get better just by taking a pill, there are equally important mind, body soul aspects going on, and they work like a three legged stool does - Ie, you need all three legs for balance. Please don't continue overanalyzing the box hospital, its been done to death and I know you can find much better world wide exampled of benchmarks in health & hospitals. You will probably have to look at different climatic zones and watch out as hospitals in other parts of the world have natural ventilation as a defult where as the western world is obsessed with air conditioning. Likewise vistas and daylight will have different applications depending on the culture and location. I see your examples are generally innercity examples and so I hope your not limiting your potential because of their final form. I would also suggest reading up on other "hospitals & clinics" such as mental institutes, retreats, keep reinforcing your fundamental archetypal knowledge of what a hospital is and what role it plays in the social fabric. You are very right to feel curious for a better design on hospitals, keep pushing your benchmark & follow your heart ... I look forward to more of your great work ! MK
Nice recompilation of projects however your conclusion should be completed with a list of "items" or Ideas you would want to take from these examples - after all that is the main reason why you picked these projects- that would also help you later on while trying to design your own project. It will help you build a base on objectives and design goals.
Can you describe what your findings are based on all this research.
ReplyDeleteYour diagramming is strong, well done. Its clear and easy to grasp. However I feel your ability to show how well you research different types of buildings is weakened because of the examples you have chosen. Except for the Chicago Hospital, all the others looks like repeats of the same big box. Another important highlight would be to look at the dual mode of hospitals, you have the life threatening & acute flow (Emergency Department), then you have the day treatment where you walk causally to have a chat with your doctor. Then there is the full spectrum of health urgency in between. Another area you cannot dismiss is the growing architectural works (literally) that have nature as their core in the hospital or core to the concept. Depending on your predisposition, you don't get better just by taking a pill, there are equally important mind, body soul aspects going on, and they work like a three legged stool does - Ie, you need all three legs for balance. Please don't continue overanalyzing the box hospital, its been done to death and I know you can find much better world wide exampled of benchmarks in health & hospitals. You will probably have to look at different climatic zones and watch out as hospitals in other parts of the world have natural ventilation as a defult where as the western world is obsessed with air conditioning. Likewise vistas and daylight will have different applications depending on the culture and location. I see your examples are generally innercity examples and so I hope your not limiting your potential because of their final form. I would also suggest reading up on other "hospitals & clinics" such as mental institutes, retreats, keep reinforcing your fundamental archetypal knowledge of what a hospital is and what role it plays in the social fabric. You are very right to feel curious for a better design on hospitals, keep pushing your benchmark & follow your heart ... I look forward to more of your great work ! MK
ReplyDeleteNice recompilation of projects however your conclusion should be completed with a list of "items" or Ideas you would want to take from these examples - after all that is the main reason why you picked these projects- that would also help you later on while trying to design your own project. It will help you build a base on objectives and design goals.
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