Hospitals: A Design Manual

Principles of the Hospital Building
Selection of Projects
Preface
Introduction
Paradigm Change? The Perspective of the Patient
Healthcare as a Public Service
The Business Case for Hospitals
Changing Healthcare Needs
Distribution of Healthcare Facilities: Centralization, Decentralization and the Network Hospital
The Design of Hospitals: Care Pathways
Processes and Spaces: the Example of the Maternity Department
Evidence-Based Design for Healing Environments
The Building Type and its Emergence
Zoning and Traffic System
Arrival and Entrance Noor Mens
Public Spaces in and Around the Hospital: Streets, Squares, Patios, Waiting Areas, Healing Gardens
Wayfinding: Signage and Orientation Systems
Planning: an Integral Approach
Outpatient Department
Inpatient Wards
Diagnostic Imaging
Operating Theater and Recovery Area
Intensive Care Unit
Emergency Department
Laboratory Department
Circle Bath Bath, UK Foster + Partners
Butaro District Hospital Butaro, Rwanda MASS Design Group
Private Hospital Villeneuve d’Ascq Lille, France Jean-Philippe Pargade Architectes
Extension Kolding Hospital Kolding, Denmark Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
AZ Groeninge Kortrijk, Belgium Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
Zaans Medisch Centrum Zaandam, the Netherlands Mecanoo
Hôpital Riviera-Chablais Rennaz, Switzerland Groupe-6; GD architectes
Medisch Spectrum Twente Enschede, the Netherlands IAA Architecten
Rey Juan Carlos Hospital Madrid, Spain Rafael de La-Hoz
Meander Medisch Centrum Amersfoort, the Netherlands Atelier PRO architekten
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates HDR
Nemours Children’s Hospital Orlando, Florida, USA Stanley Beaman & Sears
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel Portland, Oregon, USA ZGF Architects
Juliana Children’s Hospital The Hague, the Netherlands MVSA Architects
Mother-Child and Surgical Center Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital Vienna, Austria Nickl & Partner Architekten
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Chicago, Illinois, USA ZGF Architects
Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia Billard Leece Partnership; Bates Smart
Center for Surgical Medicine University Hospital Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany Heinle, Wischer und Partner
St. Olav’s Hospital Trondheim, Norway Nordic – O¸ce of Architecture; Ratio Arkitekter
Akershus University Hospital Oslo, Norway C. F. Møller Architects
Reconstruction of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany Nickl & Partner Architekten
Erasmus MC Hospital and Education Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands EGM architects; KAAN Architecten
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Frank Gehry
Surgical Clinic La Croix-Rousse Lyon, France Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Milstein Family Heart Center NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York, USA Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Germany Behnisch Architekten
Institut Imagine Paris, France Ateliers Jean Nouvel; Valero Gadan Architectes
Cancer Centre at Guy’s London, UK Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Ruukki Health Clinic Ruukki, Finland alt Arkkitehdit; Architecture O¸ce Karsikas
Municipal Healthcare Centers San Blas, Usera, Villaverde Madrid, Spain Estudio Entresitio
UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Office Building Santa Monica, California, USA Michael W. Folonis Architects
New QEII Hospital Welwyn Garden City, UK Penoyre & Prasad
Outpatient Clinic Hospital-Asilo of Granollers Granollers, Spain Pinearq
Maggie’s Centre West London London, UK Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel Glasgow, UK OMA
Gheskio Cholera Treatment Center Port-au-Prince, Haiti MASS Design Group
Cancer Counseling Center Livsrum, Denmark EFFEKT Arkitekter
Healthcare Center for Cancer Patients Copenhagen, Denmark Nord Architects
Rehabilitation Center Groot Klimmendaal Arnhem, the Netherlands Koen van Velsen Architects
Anti-Aging Life Center Chaum Seoul, South Korea KMD Architects
The Authors
Index of Places
Index of Names
Illustration Credits