The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike by Yijian Architects

The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike by Yijian Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.

BronzỤlọ Owu· 2024

The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike

by Yijian Architects

Client: Yijian Architects

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category

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The Design

About The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike

Ụlọ Ọgwụ 12th Mine nke Obodo Pingdingshan ka e wuru na 1985. Ka ụlọ ọrụ igwu kol belatara, Ụlọ Ọgwụ 12th Mine anọghị n'ọrụ ọzọ. N'ihu mmụba ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị agadi n'obodo ahụ, onye nwe ya chọrọ ime ka ụlọ ọgwụ ahụ bụrụ ebe nlekọta ahụike na nlekọta ndị agadi. Atụmatụ n'ozuzu bụ ime ka Ụlọ Ọgwụ 12th Mine jikọta na ogige okike. Dịka akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ụlọ ọgwụ ahụ si dị, onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ chọrọ ịkwanyere ùgwù nhazi ụlọ ndị dị adị ma mee ka ha maa mma karịa site n'imeghari ihu ụlọ na imezi ọrụ ha.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. The 12th Mine Hospital's Renewal Ebe Nlekọta Ahụike na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Pingdingshan is a small city in China's Henan Province, a city that sprang up as a result of the discovery of coal mining in 1950. The 12th Mine Hospital in Pingdingshan was built in 1985, and as the coal mining industry in Pingdingshan has shrunk, this miner's hospital has remained unused. Faced with a growing elderly population in the city, the owner wanted to utilize the hospital's existing facilities and update the hospital into a combined medical and nursing care facility.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site area: 10200 m2
Building area: 8790m2.
Building area renewed for the facade only: 4800m2.
Building area renewed for both facade and interior: 3900m2.
Building height: 7.2 meters - 14.4 meters
Number of floors: 2F - 4F
Building Density: 36.8%
Landscape area: 6534 m2
Tags: Renewal, Sustainability, The Elderly, Integrating into the Park
Production Technology: The project integrates environmental sustainability, including the reuse of old building structures, shading, and rooftop gardens. The orange polycarbonate board not only provides shade but also makes the building facade dynamic and dynamic. Health is a key factor in healthcare centers, including natural lighting, natural ventilation, indoor greening, comfortable acoustic effects and material selection.
Design Challenge: As the first building on the site is now nearly 40 years old. We thought that during the renovation process, not only new functions should be implanted, but also the users should experience the historical sense of the changing times. So in addition to respecting the layout of existing buildings, the existing large trees and perennial wisteria on the site are also preserved. Trees are also a part of place memory. The second challenge is how to design an elderly friendly building. The design revolves around aspects such as social space, color recognition, safety, and accessibility.
Research: The main users of this project are the elderly, so it is necessary to do some thinking from the perspective of the elderly. For example, in the interior design of the healthcare center, different public areas are differentiated by distinct colors to help the elderly to recognize and take timely action. The use of curved lines not only increases the interest of the interior space, but also avoids the existence of sharp corners in the public areas to prevent the elderly from bumping into the protruding hard corners.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from the site. The 12th Mine Hospital is surrounded by park. There is a lot of landscape resources. The overall strategy is to integrate the building into the park by opening the site interface facing the park. As a hospital with a history, architects wanted to respect the layout of the existing building and add to its appeal by updating the facade.
Project Duration: The project is located in Weidong District, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, China. Design time is from 2021 to present.
Operation Flow: With the shrinking of the coal mining industry in Pingdingshan, the city that sprang up from the coal mines is facing an urban transformation. Many young people will go abroad to look for job opportunities, while the elderly who retired in the mining area will remain in the city. Many of them are already caregivers and are in urgent need of a rehabilitation and care organization to provide them with relevant services. The intention of this project is to turn an unused mining hospital into a medical and nursing center through renewal.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yijian Architects
Team Members: Cheng Yi
Zhang Zhiying
Chong Yeehuan
Luo Yanzhao
Zhang Jiaxi
Li Ping
Wang Ze
Image Credits: Copyrights belong to Yijian Architects