One of the most promising recent healthcare infrastructure concepts has engendered an offshoot project that looks to expand on its original framework design.
As a product of the research done for their collaboration on the Al Daayan Health District Master Plan in Doha, OMA and Buro Happold have created a prototype for a low-rise hospital structure commissioned by the Hamad Medical Corporation.
The prototype appears to consist of similar two-story-high modular units that can be adapted and reconfigured to allow for maximal variation and minimal costs. Scalable, self-sufficient, and built using a considerable amount of 3D printing technology, the design is a sustainable refresh to the important typology and hopes to see further use in other climates once the Qatari concept catches on.
“Medical technology is advancing exponentially, leaving hospitals to constantly catch up. [...] The lifespan of hospitals is becoming shorter and shorter. The more recent their completion, the sooner they’re out of date,” the video’s narrator begins. “The limited number of elements accommodates an array of functions. A structure that can be scaled up or down, yet remain operational at all times. Adaptable to changing demands [and] organized around a network of flows. This is the hospital of the future. [...] The hospital of the future is everywhere. The hospital of the future is now.”
OMA worked with Henning Larsen, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste, Spaceagency, ETL, De Leeuw Group and Engineering Consultants Group to help further develop the prototype. The video was produced in coordination with Squint/Opera. Archinect will share more project updates as they become available.
Reinier de Graaf is one of the most interesting voices in architecture today.
Aldo van Eyck is that you?
not new concept. Corbu was working on Venice hospital prior to his death.
That last series of images (2:05-2:15) is supposed to show the "hospital of the future" on Mars, right?
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