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Almana Centru Medicale by Muhammed El Sepaey

Almana Centru Medicale by Muhammed El Sepaey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award di Ferru in Disignu d'Architettura Competition Category.


FerruArchitettura· 2022

Almana Centru Medicale

by Muhammed El Sepaey

Client: Almana Group

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Architettura Category

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The Design

About Almana Centru Medicale

U disignu hà per scopu di riduce i pazienti # 039; ansietà è stress, accelerà a ricuperazione, accurtà l'uspitalisazioni, riduce l'usu di medicazione, diminuisce u dolore, è prumove un sensu di benessere creendu un ambiente curativu ben cuncepitu. I spazii sò pensati per esse nutritivi è terapeutichi. À u livellu di l'urganizazione, u disignu aiuta à rinfurzà a satisfaczione di u persunale, a produtividade è a ritenzione. A forma di l'edifiziu permette u flussu naturali di u spaziu, l'aria è a luce. U disignu combina pratiche avanzate per l'illuminazione, l'illuminazione di ghjornu, HVAC è sistemi di trattamentu d'acqua chì utilizanu significativamente menu energia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Almana Centru Medicale hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Almana Centru Medicale sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Almana Centru Medicale hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Well-designed healthcare environments can reduce patients’ anxiety and stress, accelerate recovery, shorten hospitalizations, reduce medication use, lessen pain, and promote a sense of well-being. On the organizational level, therapeutic environments can help enhancing staff recruitment, satisfaction, productivity and retention.
In addition, The physical setting is the patient's first impression of a healthcare facility.
Dimensions & Packaging
PROJECT SIZE:
14 000 SQ.M.
2 basement floors + 5 floors
75 clinics
Radiology department
Laboratory department
Pharmacy
Tags
Healthcare Design, Healing environment, Medical Center, Clinics
Production Technology
The design was based on natural light and natural materials.
High performance glazing system was chosen for elevations and skylight to get the most healthy use of daylight. Terracotta tiles was chosen for exterior cladding.
Design Challenge
The real challenge was how to adapt the design to create a healing environment that in turn reduces patients' anxiety and stress, speeds recovery, shortens hospitalization, reduces medication use, reduces pain, and promotes well-being. At the organizational level, healing environments can help enhance employee recruitment, satisfaction, productivity, and retention.
Research
FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE
› Clear functional zoning
› Segregate internal user and logistic flows
› Size rooms for flexible usage
› Staff and patient entrances
OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENT
Lean Design
› Modular arrangements
› Design repetition
› Smaller facilities
› Cost effective
Aiming For
› Streamlined service
› Faster response times
› Improved outcomes
› Improved patient turnover
SAFETY BY DESIGN
› Nothing touches the floor
› Integrated, touch technology
› Surface minimization
› Seamless wall finish systems
› Ease to clean surfaces
› Disinfection
PATIENT CENTRIC
Healing Environment
› Large open space concourses
› Natural Light and space lifts the mood
› Flexibility for peak capacity
Inspiration
The concept to create healing environment to engage patients in the conscious process of self-healing and spiritual growth. Spaces are designed to be nurturing and therapeutic and, most important, to reduce stress. The design creates a clear separation of zones of activities, with departments and functions located based on access point proximity, flow and way-finding. All clinics and staff spaces provide access to outside views and landscaped terraces.
Project Duration
Project Duration: 2017-2019
Location: South Rakah, Eastern Region, KSA
Operation Flow
The design creates a clear separation of zones of activities, with departments and functions located based on access point proximity, flow and way-finding. Design of building is modular so there is ease of understanding, movement and fining the required section.
Patents
"Copyrights belong to Muhammed El Sepaey, 2022."
Image Credits
Image #1 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, AMC perspective, 2022.
Image #2 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, AMC perspective, 2022.
Image #3 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, AMC perspective, 2022.
Image #4 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, AMC perspective, 2022.
Image #5 : Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, AMC perspective, 2022.

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