SOCSO REHABILITATION CENTER | CASE STUDY|

SOCSO REHABILITATION CENTRE, MALAYSIA

LEGEND: 1. Guard post 2. Administration block 3. Staff canteen 4. Medical rehabilitation block 5. Hostel and dining block 6. Vocational rehabilitation block 7. Surau 8. Allied health block 9. Recreational park 10. Recreational pond 11. Dry pond 12. STP

LOCALITY: Alor Gajah, Malaysia ARCHITECT: Anuar Aziz AREA: 55 acres YEAR: 2014 TYPE OF BUILDING: Social Housing COST OF CONSTRUCTION: $50-$100 million The site consists of mainly five blocks which are administration block, vocational rehabilitation block, medical rehabilitation block, allied health block and hostel and dining. The reason for the choice is because in that area the quality of lighting and acoustics should be more soothing and comforting to a void triggering any unnecessary psychological stress in the process of healing. The surrounding of medical rehabilitation block is rather quiet and has some trees to help shade.

SITE

MASTER PLAN

Located in a fairly remote part of Bemban, Malacca, the SOSCO Rehabilitation Centre is located between Japan Kolej Yayasan Saad and Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan. Since Kolej Yayasan Saad is located before SOSCO Rehabilitation Centre, vehicle circulation in front of our site is quite minimal as the other end only consists of a solar farm and an undeveloped road end.

Contrastingly, the back of the SOSCO Rehabilitation Centre is the North-South highway where many high-speed vehicles pass by the site.

But through our observation, SOSCO Rehabilitation Centre is surrounded by lush and thick greeneries, thus constant audible sound ranges just around 50 to 55 dB, an optimum sound range for the disables to concentrate on their trainings without any unnecessary disturbances.

SITE SECTION

SITE ANALYSIS ORIENTATION:

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CLIMATE: The site enjoys tropical weather year round however due to its proximity to water the climate is often quite humid. Despite this, the weather is never too hot and temperatures range from a mild 20°C to 30°C average throughout the year; however the highlands experience cooler temperatures.

Is set within a lush tropical garden to create a lush resort environment.

WIND DIRECTION:

TOPOGRAPHY: The northern regions are divided by a series of mountain ranges that rise abruptly from the wide, flat coastal plains.

It’s a good location, not very far from the Klang Valley. The site shows a series of contour. The whole area is a green zone and is designated for institutional buildings.

PARKING AND CIRCULATION

MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER

SIGNATURE ROOF Covering the sanctuary garden, it is derived from ’Nyonya Fan’.

SECRET GARDEN Providing biophilia orientation at the daycare wards.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

SIGNATURE WALL

More than 50% of the area is landscaped with indigenous shrubs and jungle trees.

Malacca have distinct dry season where the grass and trees are allowed to naturally acclimatized.

Designed as a ‘privacy’ wall to the therapy blocks. The colors are inspired by the traditional Malacca tiles.

LEGEND Parking

AMBULANCE / EMERGENCY Directly to ‘sanctuary garden’.

Stilt Parking

THERAPY BLOCKS POCKET GARDEN Allowing view of nature as well as exercise tools for the therapy purposes.

The parking for SOCSO is placed in the centre to occupy the users from Medical rehabilitation center, vocational center and Surau. About 200 vehicles could be parked in the ground level in the given area. 45° angular parking is provided between the roads which run semicircular around the Surau spiritual zone. However services route and staff carpark are tucked underground linked to the main vertical circulations inside the building. The main drop-off point is linked by covered pedestrian walkway.

Emergency pathway for ambulances are directed to the ’sanctuary garden’ in the medical rehabilitation center.

Administration block is built with stilt parking for the staff working in the building. Allied health block has a separate parking. Separate pathway connects to the main public car parking area.

MAIN DROP OFF Located near to public carpark linked by covered pedestrian walkway.

STILT PARKING SERVICES ROUTE AND STAFF CARPARK Tucked underground linked to main vertical circulations.

SANCTUARY GARDEN

NATURAL LIGHT ADMIN BLOCK PATHWAY

Natural light is maximized in all therapy blocks.

PARKING ZONE

A multipurpose landscaped space linking the therapy and non-therapy blocks. Designed as an indoor ‘sanctuary’ garden it provides re-spite between therapies and formed part of the main circulation spine. As a wind tunnel it allowing various activities to be carried out comfortably under a signature roof.

CIRCULATION The clusters of building intimately connected via the designated ‘primary spine’ will provide ease of movement for walking, wheelchair or buggy.

Multiple experiences created by landscape and resting areas provide ‘pausing stations’.

A single main entrance has been provided for vehicular and service entry abutting the main road.

The circulation has been planned to provide easy movement through spaces MAIN ENTRANCE

VEHICULAR MOVEMENT

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT

THE CONCEPTS The "journey to healing" is translated architecturally into clusters of buildings according to different concept and arranged in a sequence based on function.

Hope

Heal

Learn

The building is rated certified under Malaysian Green Building Index. The concept of physical and vocational rehab; and allied health institute under one roof arguably the first in the world. Strong building concept is based on ‘movement/mobility’ between activities. It emphasizes on ‘nature’ and ‘spiritual’ as part of healing process .

ARCHITECTURE CONCEPT: The buildings are placed sensitively on existing topography; maintaining & enhancing wherever possible. Each buildings are given different outlook/ identity for easy recognition and orientation. Great emphasize on ‘green design’ such as orientation, maximise natural lighting and ventilation, creation of ‘wind corridor’, low e-glass, fixed and movable shading panels . A conscious move from hospital outlook into a more corporate/resort environment; again to expedite the healing process.

Buildings are clustered according to principle function; and each cluster is intimately connected via the ‘primary spine’ .

The medical block is designed based on the ‘healing hand’ where main facilities & wards forming the palm; while the five fingers housed the therapy blocks.

Surau is the the muslim prayer hall which signifies spirituality.

It is symbolically derived from the shape of a leaf. It is intended that the greenery and ‘ spiritual therapy’ as part of the healing process

PLANNING CONCEPT: The main tenants are people with disabilities and their caretakers. The whole planning was orchestrated based on ease of movement and compliance to universal ‘access for all’ concept, and Malaysian Standard Code of Practice on Access for Disabled Person to Public Buildings and other relevant guidelines.

The creation of a ‘primary spine’ will provide ease of movement either for walking, wheelchair or buggy. Multiple experience created by landscape and resting areas provide ‘pausing stations’.

There are five main clusters : i. Administration Block & staff canteen; ii. Medical & Vocational Rehab Blocks, Hostel and Canteen Blocks; iii. Allied Health Institute Block; iv. Surau (Muslim prayer hall) & main car park iv. Services blocks

All the undelying concepts in each block and the site as a whole signify the process of healing as a whole with most green environment and helping in natural recovering.

Kuda Kepang is a traditional Javanese dance depicting a group of horsemen from East Java, Indonesia. Dancers “ride” horses made from woven bamboo and decorated with colourful paints and cloth.

Speech and audio, Hydrotherapy, Gymnasium, physiotherapy and occupational spaces are provided around the palm region.Shaded garden formed a sanctuary for the patient to rest post therapy.

The main rehab blocks, canteen & hostel are set radially with the surau being the axis; signifying spiritual healing.

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KEYPLAN

VI EW OFREHABI LATI ONCENTER

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FRONTELEVATI ON

SI DEELEVATI ON

SECTI ON

VOCATI ONAL REHAB& HOSTELBLOCK

SEWI NG WORKSHOP EXHI BI TI ONSPACE

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BASI C/ SOFTSKI LL WORKSHOP

DESI GNWORKSHOP ELECTRONI CWORKSHOP ELECTRI CALWORKSHOP

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HOSPI TALI TYWORKSHOP

LOWERFLOORPLAN

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UPPERFLOORPLAN

VOCATI ONALREHABI LI TATI ONBLOCK

FRONTELEVATI ON

HOSTELBLOCK REARELEVATI ON

ENTRANCEPORCH HOSTELROOMS

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FRONTELEVATI ON

DI NI NGAREA CI RCULATI ON

SURAUANDALLI ED HEAL THCENTER

MOCKHOME SLI NTI NG WORKSHOP ANATOMY&PHYSI OLOGY LAB

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KEYPLAN

PHYSI O THERAPY LAB

PRAYERHALL

WATERFEATURE FRONTELEVATI ON

ELEVATI ON SI DEELEVATI ON

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