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MOSCOW MEDICAL CENTRE
In collaboration with CREO Arkitekter and Sweco Engineering.
The 20th century functionalism has given us a healthcare of architecture that is characterised by efficient workflows. Optimally, the hospital works as an efficient machine allowing everyday tasks to be solved with a minimum amount of employees.
This has often been at the cost of the philosophy of the late 19th century where concepts such as homeliness, nature and varied visual and spatial stimulation were believed to have a positive effect on the well being of the patients.
Scientific studies have shown that even though the buildings of functionalism work well as logistical entities, the lack of daylight, contact to nature, human scale and varied spatial experiences alienate both patients and employees from each other.
As a result, patients’ lengths of stay increased whilst employee members were seen to take more sick leave.
WE Architecture believes in a 21st century healthcare, which combines the efficiency of functionalism with a human scale and the de-institutionalized patient experience of the 19th century.
This approach combined with a profound respect for the integrity and character of the site and the old dacha will define the new medical centre as the embodiment of next generation healthcare in Russia.
The scale of the old dacha and the intimate ambience of the forest suggest a building mass conforming to the surroundings by breaking down the scale of the new building.
The medical centre is composed of several smaller interlocked ‘villas’. As a result the building appears both compact and spacious. By subdividing the volume, an unimposing building is created while complementing the inviting and homely ambience of the dacha.
The new seven villa-sized volumes are spread into an interlocked checkerboard pattern, where the volumes are arranged within a series of green voids.
The voids ensure a strong visual connection to the surrounding environment and provide good daylight conditions throughout the entire hospital.
The new villas connect and open up to the old dacha via a spacious interior double-high courtyard, where the façade of the dacha is exposed and integrated as a key decorative element.
This gesture carves the old dacha in the checkerboard composition, thus respecting the old dacha and making it an integrated component of the medical center.
The 20th century functionalism has given us a healthcare of architecture that is characterised by efficient workflows. Optimally, the hospital works as an efficient machine allowing everyday tasks to be solved with a minimum amount of employees.
This has often been at the cost of the philosophy of the late 19th century where concepts such as homeliness, nature and varied visual and spatial stimulation were believed to have a positive effect on the well being of the patients.
Scientific studies have shown that even though the buildings of functionalism work well as logistical entities, the lack of daylight, contact to nature, human scale and varied spatial experiences alienate both patients and employees from each other.
As a result, patients’ lengths of stay increased whilst employee members were seen to take more sick leave.
WE Architecture believes in a 21st century healthcare, which combines the efficiency of functionalism with a human scale and the de-institutionalized patient experience of the 19th century.
This approach combined with a profound respect for the integrity and character of the site and the old dacha will define the new medical centre as the embodiment of next generation healthcare in Russia.
The scale of the old dacha and the intimate ambience of the forest suggest a building mass conforming to the surroundings by breaking down the scale of the new building.
The medical centre is composed of several smaller interlocked ‘villas’. As a result the building appears both compact and spacious. By subdividing the volume, an unimposing building is created while complementing the inviting and homely ambience of the dacha.
The new seven villa-sized volumes are spread into an interlocked checkerboard pattern, where the volumes are arranged within a series of green voids.
The voids ensure a strong visual connection to the surrounding environment and provide good daylight conditions throughout the entire hospital.
The new villas connect and open up to the old dacha via a spacious interior double-high courtyard, where the façade of the dacha is exposed and integrated as a key decorative element.
This gesture carves the old dacha in the checkerboard composition, thus respecting the old dacha and making it an integrated component of the medical center.
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