Hospital of the Future
An Exciting Composition
The design for the new hospital and medical office building to be built by ParkwayHealth and completed July 2011 has been influenced by a number of factors, each equally important in forming the plan layout, building massing and “hospital of the future” architectural expression for the facility.
A robust building programme that maximizes the allowable gross buildable area (GBA) on the site (72,350 sq metres) and divides the components into discreet but interdependent areas. The relative sizes for the program elements have been driven both by market forces and acceptable medical planning guidelines.
The Diagnostic & Treatment (D&T) block is the heart of the hospital and its form was derived by stacking four same-size footprints on top of each other. The tower is elliptical in shape and is comprised of two identical arcs each sliding beyond the other. The entry to the tower at grade is through this light-filled atrium.
Sustainable Elements
To incorporate elements of sustainability in the project and to potentially achieve for this building Greenmark Platinum rating, we have already taken a number of steps in this direction:
- Incorporation of a landscape green roof atop the D&T block;
- A double skin of glass on the Medical Office Building at the elevation facing Irrawaddy Road;
- Vertical glass sun louvers at the south and east facades of the IP tower to restrict the amount of light entering patient rooms;
- Highly efficient low-e glass used throughout (lets the light enter the building, not the heat);
- Daylight opportunities at the Inpatient tower to maximise the awareness of outdoors;
- Emphasis on recycled or sustainable building materials for indoor finishes, including paints, carpeting and other floor finishes, ceiling tiles, furniture fabrics, recycled or sustainable wood paneling and millwork;
- Potential for rain-water harvesting at roofs and through terra cotta rain-screen exterior skin on the D&T block;
- Highly efficient building mechanical systems; and
- Clear connection and networking to MRT station and other modes of public transport.
The following systems have also been incorporated into the building's Air-conditioning and Mechanical Ventilation design:
- Integrated Building Management System (BMS);
- All refrigerators in chillers and package units to have zero Ozone Depletion Potential and low hydrocarbon global warming potential; and
- Heat recovery devices are used for AHUs in OTs. Electric reheat is minimized.
Major Programmatic Elements
There are four clearly identifiable components at the Parkway Novena Campus.
- Medical Suites and Outpatient Specialty Centers,
- Diagnostic & Treatment Services,
- Inpatient Care, and Public, as well as
- Retail Spaces.
Medical Suites and Outpatient Specialty Centre
The Medical Suites and specialized Outpatient care are organized into several distinct portals to specialised Outpatient services accessed from the lobby at Level 01. The primary Services include Ortho, Oncology and Cardiac.
Each of the specialised services will include Clinic environments Center of Excellence (COE) and Private Physician Suites. The Clinics (COE) will be situated across the lower three floors of the Medical Suites and arranged such that they have immediate access to Screening/Testing and Treatment services relevant to each specialty via connections to the D&T block.
Diagnostic and Treatment Services
The site includes a full complement of general and specialised Diagnostic and Interventional modalities.
Accident and Emergency, Imaging, Inpatient and Outpatient Rehab, Cardiac Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Cancer and General Surgery, Endoscopy and Special Interventional Procedures, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and Chemo Infusion. These services are supported by essential ancillary services such Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacy, a Central Pathology Lab, and Central Sterilisation Services in support of the surgical services.
The above described services are distributed across a five storey D&T base.
Inpatient Services
The location of the Inpatient units and some elements of their layouts will provide a vertical connection to all of the D&T services located on the lower floors of the Main Hospital. The routes of travel from bed to D & T will separate from the routes taken by outpatients.
Level 06-15
Inpatient care is organised with the highest acuity patients located on the lowest bed floors, near the surgical floors from where many critical patients will arrive. All patient beds are accommodated in private rooms. The top two acute care floors with a higher standard of finishes and additional amenities.
Level 16
The VIP Accommodations will include living space in addition to the patient care area at the top floor of this building. The suites are approximately twice the size of a typical room with two rooms larger yet. The north side of the floor is a roof/garden.
