The project refers to the expansion of an existing geriatric and psychogeriatric clinic, intended to create a new healthcare center destined to long and short time stays for senior users, as well as to adapt to the evolution of the healthcare design landscape. The project site is located on the edge of the village of Goumoens-la-Ville, a heterogeneous rural context characterized by great landscape values. The existing healthcare center is established on the residential site of the village, whose origins probably date back to the 13th century with several historical values. The site is bordered by a park planted with tall trees and inhabited by farm animals on the north and by cultivated fields on the south. The main design objectives are: offering attractive outdoor spaces, as well as ensuring the proper functioning of living and activity spaces for its residents; ensuring an optimal balance in the orientation, building envelope, and natural environment of the new buildings; creating a dialogue between the latter and the adjacent preserved park by integrating different biophilic design methods. In the first component of the project, the topography, shape, and position of the new building have been carefully studied, through specific context analyses, ranging from territorial to urban to building scale, studying efficient ways to integrate the new buildings into the surrounding urban tissue. In addition, to address the aforementioned design objectives, a series of contemporary case studies were explored in support of the design process. Primarily, the new architectural organism seeks to fit seamlessly into the surrounding rural context, through the integration of outdoor spaces of different qualities into the built volume. The project departs from the topography of the site to generate two different entrance levels, with a lower ground floor access from the south and an upper ground floor that can be accessed directly from the garden. Then, a sequence of courtyards is applied to activate the interior living spaces and create a sustainable environment with natural lighting and ventilation in reinterpreting the courtyard building hospital typology. Courtyards with various themes create a multiplicity of collective spaces for patients, visitors, and medical staff. Furthermore, the volumetric organization also enables each patient room to take advantage of the various landscape qualities that the site presents. In addition, the patient room typologies construct flexible social spaces. The layout of the single patient room is adaptable, making it feasible to transform it into a double or triple room with a shared kitchen or activity space. Each unit can profit from an optimal orientation to maximize the views of the outside and natural illumination. Moreover, the design of open spaces centers on the design of a public garden engaging the community. Different types of green spaces are defined based on their degree of openness and function: they are partially open to the community while welcoming and inviting residents to occupy them and benefit from the landscaped context. Finally, concerning the envelope design, the proposed system bridges architectural elements and green by extracting the evolution principle of the existing building and its extensions across different periods, this part of the project aimed at creating a multi-layered envelope system based on building orientation and inner functions to meet sustainable needs. The integration of the loggias and the terraces in the building volume reinforces the relationship with the surroundings. In conclusion, the project defines a new healthscape through the creation of nature-based healing spaces: it considers the biophilia theory as a design method to develop new environments, where people and nature may coexist in harmony, addressing the sensual, visual, and physical aspects of built space.
Il progetto si riferisce all'ampliamento di un ambulatorio geriatrico e psicogeriatrico esistente, destinato a creare un nuovo presidio sanitario destinato alla lunga e breve degenza per utenti anziani, nonché ad adeguarsi all'evoluzione del panorama progettuale sanitario. Il sito di progetto si trova ai margini del villaggio di Goumoens-la-Ville, un contesto rurale eterogeneo caratterizzato da grandi valenze paesaggistiche. L'attuale centro sanitario è insediato nel sito residenziale del borgo, le cui origini risalgono probabilmente al XIII secolo con diversi valori storici. Il sito è delimitato a nord da un parco piantumato con alberi ad alto fusto e abitato da animali da cortile ea sud da campi coltivati. I principali obiettivi progettuali sono: offrire spazi esterni attraenti, oltre a garantire il corretto funzionamento degli spazi abitativi e di attività per i suoi residenti; garantire un equilibrio ottimale nell'orientamento, nell'involucro edilizio e nell'ambiente naturale dei nuovi edifici; creando un dialogo tra quest'ultimo e l'adiacente parco preservato integrando diversi metodi di progettazione biofila. Nella prima componente del progetto, la topografia, la forma e la posizione del nuovo edificio sono state attentamente studiate, attraverso specifiche analisi di contesto, che vanno dalla scala territoriale a quella urbana a quella edilizia, studiando modalità efficienti per integrare i nuovi edifici nel tessuto urbano circostante tessuto. Inoltre, per affrontare i suddetti obiettivi di progettazione, è stata esplorata una serie di casi di studio contemporanei a supporto del processo di progettazione. In primo luogo, il nuovo organismo architettonico cerca di inserirsi senza soluzione di continuità nel contesto rurale circostante, attraverso l'integrazione di spazi esterni di diversa qualità nel volume costruito. Il progetto parte dalla topografia del sito per generare due diversi livelli di ingresso, con un piano seminterrato con accesso da sud e un piano rialzato a cui si accede direttamente dal giardino. Quindi, viene applicata una sequenza di cortili per attivare gli spazi abitativi interni e creare un ambiente sostenibile con illuminazione e ventilazione naturali, reinterpretando la tipologia dell'ospedale dell'edificio a corte. Cortili con vari temi creano una molteplicità di spazi collettivi per pazienti, visitatori e personale medico. Inoltre, l'organizzazione volumetrica consente anche ad ogni camera di degenza di sfruttare le diverse qualità paesaggistiche che il sito presenta. Inoltre, le tipologie di camere dei pazienti costruiscono spazi sociali flessibili. La disposizione della camera singola del paziente è adattabile, rendendo possibile la trasformazione in camera doppia o tripla con cucina o spazio attività in comune. Ogni unità può beneficiare di un orientamento ottimale per massimizzare la vista sull'esterno e l'illuminazione naturale. Inoltre, la progettazione di spazi aperti è incentrata sulla progettazione di un giardino pubblico che coinvolga la comunità. Diversi tipi di spazi verdi sono definiti in base al loro grado di apertura e funzione: sono parzialmente aperti alla comunità mentre accolgono e invitano i residenti a occuparli e beneficiare del contesto paesaggistico. Infine, per quanto riguarda il design dell'involucro, il sistema proposto collega elementi architettonici e verde estraendo il principio di evoluzione dell'edificio esistente e le sue estensioni attraverso periodi diversi, questa parte del progetto mirava a creare un sistema di involucro multistrato basato sull'orientamento dell'edificio e funzioni interne per soddisfare bisogni sostenibili. L'integrazione delle logge e delle terrazze nel volume dell'edificio rafforza il rapporto con l'ambiente circostante. In conclusione, il progetto definisce un nuovo paesaggio sanitario attraverso la creazione di spazi di guarigione basati sulla natura: considera la teoria della biofilia come un metodo di progettazione per sviluppare nuovi ambienti, in cui le persone e la natura possano coesistere in armonia, affrontando l'aspetto sensuale, visivo e fisico aspetti dello spazio costruito.
From healthcare to healthscape : defining nature-based healing spaces for the elderly
Lin, Zhihang
2022/2023
Abstract
The project refers to the expansion of an existing geriatric and psychogeriatric clinic, intended to create a new healthcare center destined to long and short time stays for senior users, as well as to adapt to the evolution of the healthcare design landscape. The project site is located on the edge of the village of Goumoens-la-Ville, a heterogeneous rural context characterized by great landscape values. The existing healthcare center is established on the residential site of the village, whose origins probably date back to the 13th century with several historical values. The site is bordered by a park planted with tall trees and inhabited by farm animals on the north and by cultivated fields on the south. The main design objectives are: offering attractive outdoor spaces, as well as ensuring the proper functioning of living and activity spaces for its residents; ensuring an optimal balance in the orientation, building envelope, and natural environment of the new buildings; creating a dialogue between the latter and the adjacent preserved park by integrating different biophilic design methods. In the first component of the project, the topography, shape, and position of the new building have been carefully studied, through specific context analyses, ranging from territorial to urban to building scale, studying efficient ways to integrate the new buildings into the surrounding urban tissue. In addition, to address the aforementioned design objectives, a series of contemporary case studies were explored in support of the design process. Primarily, the new architectural organism seeks to fit seamlessly into the surrounding rural context, through the integration of outdoor spaces of different qualities into the built volume. The project departs from the topography of the site to generate two different entrance levels, with a lower ground floor access from the south and an upper ground floor that can be accessed directly from the garden. Then, a sequence of courtyards is applied to activate the interior living spaces and create a sustainable environment with natural lighting and ventilation in reinterpreting the courtyard building hospital typology. Courtyards with various themes create a multiplicity of collective spaces for patients, visitors, and medical staff. Furthermore, the volumetric organization also enables each patient room to take advantage of the various landscape qualities that the site presents. In addition, the patient room typologies construct flexible social spaces. The layout of the single patient room is adaptable, making it feasible to transform it into a double or triple room with a shared kitchen or activity space. Each unit can profit from an optimal orientation to maximize the views of the outside and natural illumination. Moreover, the design of open spaces centers on the design of a public garden engaging the community. Different types of green spaces are defined based on their degree of openness and function: they are partially open to the community while welcoming and inviting residents to occupy them and benefit from the landscaped context. Finally, concerning the envelope design, the proposed system bridges architectural elements and green by extracting the evolution principle of the existing building and its extensions across different periods, this part of the project aimed at creating a multi-layered envelope system based on building orientation and inner functions to meet sustainable needs. The integration of the loggias and the terraces in the building volume reinforces the relationship with the surroundings. In conclusion, the project defines a new healthscape through the creation of nature-based healing spaces: it considers the biophilia theory as a design method to develop new environments, where people and nature may coexist in harmony, addressing the sensual, visual, and physical aspects of built space.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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