OWGPOLI
Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam
Design for a policlinic which is integrated in a local neighbourhood | OWGpoli | 14.000m2 | jun. 2007
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Tutor: Chris Scheen, Stefan Greven (engineering)
Assignment: STAGG, BNA (Dutch Architects Association)
Waiting.... it seems to be synonymous with healthcare. If one visits a general practitioner, dentist or specialist, everywhere one has to wait. One of the trends is reconnecting healthcare and us patients. By integrating a 'poli'-clinic in the neighbourhood a local clinic is created.
I position this clinic (OWGpoli) in a park in the neighbourhood, there where elderly and families with children concentrate. By slowing down the patient through an elongated route, the waiting can be transformed into strolling, meditating, people watching.
The building is layed-out as series of pavilions flanked by two arched walkways, herby forming a ribbon of patio's opening towards the park. The pavilions house the clicic in the top floors and neighbourhood related functions in the bottom (sports hall, day care centre and a pool).
With this clear shape and open structure the relation between city and clinic, public-, collective-, an d specialist space is structured. And spatially forming the programmatic sequence associated with waiting and treatment.
view of side entrance to the park
view of the curved window overlooking the park as one visits the clinic
plan at park level with neighbourhood accommodations
longitudinal section through the patios and pavilions
ramp towards reception area
ramp towards treatment area
transverse sections of the pavilions
plan at raised level with four policlinic departments
fragment of the curved entrance ramp with window to the park
picture of the structural model
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