Almana Isibhedlela by Muhammed El Sepaey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ezokwakha, Izakhiwo Nezinhlaka Competition Category.
IgolideEzokwakha· 2024
Almana Isibhedlela
Client: Almana Group
Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award Winner in Ezokwakha Category
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The Design
About Almana Isibhedlela
Imigqo ebushelelezi yesakhiwo ivumela ukugeleza kwemvelo kwesikhala, umoya nokukhanya. Umklamo uhlanganisa izindlela ezithuthukile zokukhanyisa, ukukhanya kwemini, uhlelo lokukhudumaza nokupholisa umoya kanye namasistimu okuhlanza amanzi asebenzisa amandla amancane kakhulu ngenkathi esebenza ngezinga elifanayo noma ngaphezulu kwamazinga ezempilo amanje, nenhloso yokunciphisa amandla okungenani amaphesenti angu-50 uma kuqhathaniswa nezinsiza ezifanayo. Isimo sendawo esinamathafa nesigqoko sesakhiwo kunikeza ukuxhumana okukhulu kokuphilisa nomvelo, ngaphakathi nangaphandle, hhayi kuphela ezingeni lesiguli, abasebenzi nezivakashi, kodwa nasezingeni lokuqhubeka.
The Recognition
About the Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award
Almana Isibhedlela iwinile uMklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile kakhulu okunikezwa imiklamo yeklasi yokuqala, emangalisayo nephawulekile. Abawinile beGolide yimiklamo emisha kakhulu, enombono ongaphambili futhi egqamile ebonisa ubuhlakani, ukuhlakanipha nobuchule babaklami babo. Almana Isibhedlela ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto entsha edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka isitayela futhi ebalulekile elethe inani elingakaze libonwe. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award ungumgomo omangalisayo nohlonishwayo osiza kakhulu futhi osunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Almana Isibhedlela idala imizwa ejulile yesifiso, ivuse intshiseko, ikhuthaze ukudala futhi iyasiheha.
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
- General Hospital
7 floors
65 000 m2
200 beds | 75 clinics | 600 cars - Tags
- Healthcare Design, Healing environment, Hospital
- 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. ACP Panels 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 gentle curves of the building allowing for the natural flow of space, air and light. The design combines advanced practices for lighting, day-lighting, and water treatment systems that use significantly less energy while performing at or above current health standards, with a target of at least 50 percent energy reduction compared to similar facilities.
The undulating landscape form and building envelope provide a great healing connection to nature, inside and out, not only from patient, staff and visitor aspects, but from a sustainability aspect. 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 patient rooms and staff spaces provide access to outside views and landscaped terraces.
The design melded spaces and forms into continuous, dynamic constructions. Moreover, it furthered the approach by weaving curved walkways and vertical elevators together so that the architecture itself guides visitors through the related departments - Project Duration
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2018 -2023 - 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
- Muhammed El Sepaey, 2023
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Alwaleed Fazee, Perspective, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Alwaleed Fazee, Perspective, 2023
Image #3: Photographer Alwaleed Fazee, Perspective, 2023
Image #4: Photographer Alwaleed Fazee, Perspective, 2023
Image #5: Photographer Alwaleed Fazee, Perspective, 2023
Video Credits: Alwaleed Fazee, 2023
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