Design Brief – ADD – VI, ARC-14-302

"A functional design can promote skill, economy, conveniences, and comforts; a non-functional
design can impede activities of all types, detract from the quality of care, and raise costs to
intolerable levels.”...​ Hardy and Lammers

1. INTRODUCTION:

‘Hospitals are the most complex of building types. Each hospital is comprised of a wide range of
services and functional units. These include diagnostic and treatment functions, such as clinical
laboratories, imaging, emergency rooms, and surgery; hospitality functions, such as food service and
housekeeping; and the fundamental inpatient care or bed-related function.

This diversity is reflected in the breadth and specificity of regulations, codes, and oversight that
govern hospital construction and operations. Each of the wide-ranging and constantly evolving
functions of a hospital, including highly complicated mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications
systems, requires specialized knowledge and expertise’

In addition to the wide range of services that must be accommodated, hospitals must serve and support
many different users and stakeholders.

2. DESIGN OBJECTIVE:

a) To understand, analyse and design various aspects linked to Hospital Design and Campus
Planning
b) To apply design thinking in design of Hospital
c) To understand and design function, circulation and services in Hospitals

3. SITE AREA:

The Site Area ranges from 2 – 3 Acres of land. Four sites are identified for development, as following

a) Ambagilu
b) Kaup
c) Karavali Junction
d) Udupi

4. TENTATIVE DESIGN PROGRAM: ​(Given are the list for the program but are not limited to)

The studio applies design thinking to conceptualize a 100-125 bed hospital in towns of Udupi and
Kaup. It seeks to apply sustainable strategies to design different components of hospitals such as
patient care, ICU, site plan and other areas. The construction technology sought is pre-fab to make the
design adaptive and for modular growth.
“The functional units within the hospital can have competing needs and priorities. Idealized scenarios
and strongly-held individual preferences must be balanced against mandatory requirements, actual
functional needs (internal traffic and relationship to other departments), and the financial status of the
organization
Good hospital design ​integrates​ functional requirements with the human needs of its varied users”

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It entails hospital unit, service and utilities, amenities, support facilities such as housing for
emergency staff and other workers required for round the clock supervision as well as dormitories for
patient's relatives.
Facilities offered :

▪ Hospital Unit
a) Patient Care Units
b) Intensive Care Units – ICU
c) Maternity Unit /Radiology Unit / Pathology Unit
d) Medicine
e) Emergency Unit / Surgical Unit
f) Any other with reference to NBC, IPSH Guidelines
▪ Services and Utilities
a) Air Conditioning
b) Gas Handling
c) Fire Fighting
d) Electrical / Telecommunications
e) Vertical Service Core (Lift, Staircase)
f) Horizontal Access (Corridors, Courtyard, Lobby)
g) Any other with reference to Norms
▪ Amenities and Support Facilities
a) Housing for Emergency Staff
b) Housing for patient support.
c) Internal Roads
d) Parking
e) Landscaping
f) Service Rooms
g) Any other with reference to Norms

▪ Any other with relevance to the project

5. TIMELINE AND DELIVERABLES

Refer to the Course Plan for details.

6. BUILDING ATTRIBUTES

Regardless of their location, size, or budget, all hospitals should have certain common attributes.
These are listed herein.

Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness

▪ Promote staff efficiency by minimizing distance of necessary travel between frequently used
spaces.
▪ Include all needed spaces, but no redundant ones. This requires careful pre-design
programming.
Flexibility and Expandability

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▪ Since medical needs and modes of treatment will continue to change, hospitals should:
▪ Follow modular concepts of space planning and layout
Therapeutic Environment
▪ Hospital patients are often fearful and confused and these feelings may impede recovery.
Every effort should be made to make the hospital stay as unthreatening, comfortable, and
stress-free as possible.
Cleanliness and Sanitation
▪ Hospitals must be easy to clean and maintain. This is facilitated byAppropriate, durable
finishes for each functional space
Accessibility
▪ Barrier free design

Controlled Circulation
▪ A hospital is a complex system of interrelated functions requiring constant movement of
people and goods. Much of this circulation should be controlled.
Aesthetics
▪ Aesthetics is closely related to creating a therapeutic environment (homelike and attractive.)
Security And Safety
▪ In addition to the general safety concerns of all buildings, hospitals have several particular
security concerns:
Sustainability
▪ Hospitals are large public buildings that have a significant impact on the environment and
economy of the surrounding community. They are heavy users of ​energy​ and ​water​ and
produce large amounts of waste. Because hospitals place such demands on community
resources they are natural candidates for ​sustainable design​.

7. REFERENCES:

Hospital , by Robert F. Carr, NIKA. for VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM)
Revised by the WBDG Health Care Subcommittee
https://www.wbdg.org/building-types/health-care-facilities/hospital