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AIA Selects Four Projects for National Healthcare Design Awards
Examples showcase the best of healthcare building design and health design-oriented research
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For Immediate Release |
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Washington, D.C., August 19,
2008 — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of
Architecture for Health (AAH) announce the recipients of the AIA
National Healthcare Design Awards program. Continuing the
AIA’s legacy of celebrating outstanding works of contemporary
architects, the new awards program showcases the best of healthcare
building design and health design-oriented research.
“Collectively, the winning projects exhibit conceptual
strength and address aesthetic, civic, urban and social concerns,
as well as the requisite programmatic functional and sustainability
concerns of a healthcare facility,” said national jury chair
Dan Noble, FAIA, FACHA. “Individually, the specific design
solutions create ideal healing environments for patients, staff and
visitors while contributing to an improvement in the urban
landscape in which they are located.”
Cha Women & Children’s Hospital, Bun Dang
GuSeongNam, South Korea
KMD Architects
This new hospital, which is planned to maximize the
benefits of natural light while providing access to outdoor areas,
is among the first in Korea to offer a full array of advances from
the United States such as labor and delivery room, water birthing
and participation by family members in the birthing process that
are taken for granted stateside. The facility was designed to
maximize the benefits of natural light as well as to provide
patient, visitor and staff access to the outdoors from public
areas.
The Peter and Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic at University
Medical Center North, Tucson, Ariz.
CO Architects
Removed from the institutional setting of the acute care
hospital, this comprehensive cancer clinic invokes the power of the
desert landscape to define it as a place of inspiration and
healing. The visual and physical access to the outdoors provides
patients and staff at this intimately scaled facility with a
connection to the healing power of nature. Through the integration
of the three courtyards into the building’s organization, as
well as the extensive natural desert landscape and the distant
views of the mountains, Tucson’s rugged natural beauty has
been incorporated into the patient’s and staff’s daily
experience.
Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
TRO Jung|Brannen
The design team created a hospital that blended
traditional Chinese forms with Western technology. The design
solution is a campus with a linear spine and a series of narrow
buildings that are curved to capture sunlight and channel the
winds. Although the buildings will have internal mechanical systems
consistent with those found in U.S. hospitals to halt the spread of
infection, the campus organization locates infectious patients
downwind and offers them the natural healing power of sunlight and
serene garden views. The building is situated so it has prevailing
southeasterly winds; therefore, the non-infectious zone is at the
south end of the campus with the semi-infectious zone in the center
and the infectious zone at the north.
Weill Greenberg Center, New York, N.Y.
Polshek Partnership Architects / Ballinger
Inspired by the tranquility of a spa environment, the
design of this world-class facility optimizes the patient
experience to promote health and healing and reinforces the
institution’s state-of-the-art clinical services. Moreover,
its singular identity and its being the first of the college’s
clinical facilities on the west side of York Avenue distinguish it
from the clinical image of New York Hospital. Throughout the design
and construction process, the building was evaluated for its
contribution to evidence-based design. Design features that
contribute to the creation of a calm and effective patient
experience include: diffuse natural light, the use of water both
for its aural and its visual features, and natural materials for
their tactile, visual and associative characteristics.
About the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health
(AAH)
The Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) improves
the quality of healthcare through design by developing,
documenting, and disseminating knowledge; educating healthcare
architects and other related constituencies; advancing the practice
of healthcare architecture; improving the design of healthcare
environments; affiliating and advocating with others that share our
vision and promoting research. Visit http://www.aia.org/aah_default.
About The American Institute of
Architects
For over 150 years, members of the American Institute of Architects
have worked with each other and their communities to create more
valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings and
cityscapes. By using sustainable design practices, materials, and
techniques, AIA architects are uniquely poised to provide the
leadership and guidance needed to provide solutions to address
climate change. AIA architects walk the walk on sustainable design.
Visit www.aia.org/walkthewalk.
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