Press Release
Muhammed El Sepaey Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Almana Medical Center in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Muhammed El Sepaey honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category for Almana Medical Center by Muhammed El Sepaey, designed for Almana Group. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Almana Medical Center
The design aims to reduce patients' anxiety and stress, accelerate recovery, shorten hospitalizations, reduce medication use, lessen pain, and promote a sense of well being by creating a well designed healing environment. Spaces are designed to be nurturing and therapeutic. On the organizational level, the design helps to enhance staff satisfaction, productivity and retention. Form of the building allows for the natural flow of space, air and light. The design combines advanced practices for lighting, day lighting, HVAC and water treatment systems that use significantly less energy.
About Muhammed El Sepaey
Muhammed El-Sepaey is an Award Winning architect with extensive experience in the industry، his approach prioritizes human-centric design principles. His Designs are examples of attitudes rather than designs. His passion for healthcare architecture is fueled by the desire to create healing environment to engage patients in the conscious process of self-healing and spiritual growth. His adept technical, organizational and interpersonal skills are an asset to any team and are evidenced by the successes of his diverse experiences with a range of clinical spaces and building typologies.
Award Record
With this recognition, Muhammed El Sepaey is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/139875
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/139875
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!139875
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/229865
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.muhammedelsepaey.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
###
Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Almana Medical Center
- Function
- Medical Center
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Almana Group
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Muhammed El Sepaey
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #139875
Credits
- Image Credits
- Designer / Photographer Muhammed El Sepaey, AMC perspective, 2022.
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project Duration: 2017-2019 Location: South Rakah, Eastern Region, KSA
- Specifications
- PROJECT SIZE: 14 000 SQ.M. 2 basement floors + 5 floors 75 clinics Radiology department Laboratory department Pharmacy
- Keywords
- Healthcare Design, Healing environment, Medical Center, Clinics
