Clínica Pina Cabral
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Client: Dr Pina Cabral
Site: Afonso Lopes Vieira 40, Leiria, Portugal Architecture: Filipe Ferreira & Guilherme Murta Construction Management: Filipe Ferreira Construction Span: 16 weeks Year: 2013 Size: 220m2 Status: Completed Photography: FF + GM + PC |
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My colleague and friend Filipe Ferreira and I formed a partnership for the design and construction of a Gastroenterology Clinic, in Leiria.
The client, his personal friend, bought an open space commercial shop without partitions. Our task was to design the clinic from scratch, keeping in mind that functionality and aesthetics are strictly dependable on profitability.
We began by analyzing and exploring the concepts behind this type of clinic, as well as the way each agent (doctors, nurses, workers and patients) uses and travels through the space. Then we defined patterns and hierarchies of movement, which would allow us to design the two parts of the project, the social space and the machine of the clinic.
The social space is the path that patients take from the entrance door to the procedure room, and then back. We established distinct environments by changing the ceiling height, emphasizing the transition between chambers. The entire path was built on the concept that, once patients enter the preparation chamber they wouldn't need to step back into the waiting room. This optimizes the use and decreases the stress factor for patients that are waiting for their turn.
The “machine”, the gears of the clinic, generates two distinct paths from the staff room to the working habitat. The one for general workers, who step into the social area to interact with patients, and another one for Doctors, who avoid this previous social interaction in order to concentrate on their tasks.
The client, his personal friend, bought an open space commercial shop without partitions. Our task was to design the clinic from scratch, keeping in mind that functionality and aesthetics are strictly dependable on profitability.
We began by analyzing and exploring the concepts behind this type of clinic, as well as the way each agent (doctors, nurses, workers and patients) uses and travels through the space. Then we defined patterns and hierarchies of movement, which would allow us to design the two parts of the project, the social space and the machine of the clinic.
The social space is the path that patients take from the entrance door to the procedure room, and then back. We established distinct environments by changing the ceiling height, emphasizing the transition between chambers. The entire path was built on the concept that, once patients enter the preparation chamber they wouldn't need to step back into the waiting room. This optimizes the use and decreases the stress factor for patients that are waiting for their turn.
The “machine”, the gears of the clinic, generates two distinct paths from the staff room to the working habitat. The one for general workers, who step into the social area to interact with patients, and another one for Doctors, who avoid this previous social interaction in order to concentrate on their tasks.
