Xianju People's Hospital

  
    Location:
    Xianju, China
  
    Date:
    2020
  
    With:
    THAD (Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University)

A New Place of Healing

When we think of a hospital, we often simply think of a building, a series of rooms for patients and medical professionals. It should instead be seen as a place of healing at the intersection of community, innovation and nature.

We would like to expand this notion of the hospital into a place for communal healing, a place that fosters community building, a place that forges a mutually beneficial relationship with the surrounding landscape and teaches us to live healthier lives.

This be a place at the forefront of technological and healthcare innovation, it will also be a place that welcomes daily, seasonal and long term change through flexible plazas and generous public spaces.

Nature: Healing with the Land

The existing landscape has a stunning presence, luminous clouds, peaceful ponds, lush hedges surrounding familiar fields that wave in the wind. Nearby forested mountains ground the site in its larger context.

A connection to the landscape and its seasonal changes can play an instrumental role in the process of healing, if not physically, it can provide emotional and mental repose. Different buildings can interact with different landscapes, helping define their identity and the experience of their inhabitants.

A biophilic relationship between the buildings and their context also entails that the buildings should work to support the surrounding ecosystems.

Nicolas KoffMay 26, 2019