Transforming from a mining hospital to a lakeside medical and nursing center
KEYWORDS :Renewal, Sustainability，The elderly, Dialogue with the Park
Pingdingshan is a small town in Henan Province, China, which emerged from the discovery of coal mines in 1950. The Twelve Mines Hospital in Pingdingshan was built in 1985. With the shrinkage of the Pingdingshan coal mining industry, the miner's hospital has been idle. Faced with the continuous increase of elderly population in the city, clients hope to utilize the existing facilities of the hospital and update it into a medical and elderly care institution.
The design inspiration comes from the site. The entire site of the Twelve Mines Hospital is surrounded by parkland and is rich in landscape resources. The overall strategy is to bring park views into the site. Allow Twelve Mines Hospital to engage in a dialogue with the surrounding landscape, become a healthcare center blending into the park. As a hospital with a history, we wanted to respect the layout of the existing building and add to its appeal by updating the façade.
Due to the fact that there is an equipment building on the east and west sides of the site, people inside the hospital cannot feel the surrounding park environment at all. Therefore, our design strategy is to remove the equipment buildings on the east and west sides and bring in the park view. Because the facade of the existing building is made of white bricks, the image of the building is cold and not friendly enough. The renovation strategy for the façade of the building takes the de-hospitalization element as a starting point. Red brick material was used to add warm colors. Orange polycarbonate panels were added to the façade of the rehabilitation and outpatient buildings to give the façade variety and vibrancy.
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