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Colourful corridor
It is always difficult to predict what functionality must be accommodated for in a hospital building with a set lifespan of 40 years. For this reason the designers chose a uniform building block which, in a general sense, complies with the demands of safety, natural daylight, structure, services and floor planning. The design brief was tested on a number of important frequently occurring departments such as general nursing and outpatient clinic. A uniform building block therefore acquired a useful aspect in that it could be functionally totally interchangeable in the design phase as well as later on once the building is being used. A nursing department can be converted to an outpatient clinic or offices.
Architect: Mr. Burger / SEED architects (before Burger Grunstra architecten adviseurs)
The Netherlands
Flexibility is currently one of the most important factors in an ever–mutating healthcare environment where rapid developments in medical technology make it difficult to predict the future. That is why it is important to design a hospital now that will last for the next 40 years and can easily adapt itself to an unknown future. It is for this reason that the concepts of the IFD (Industrial Flexible Demountable) programme spearheaded the design of The New Martini Hospital in Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Completion Date: 2007
The New Martini Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Mr. Rob Hoekstr and Mr. Derk Jan de Vries
Groningen
Exterior glass façade
main entrance ambulance entrance outpatient clinic emergency personnel's restaurant conference Centre technical services rentable floor area phlebotomy endoscopy teaching and training inner courtyard delivery lift core
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