Major Plate
Major Plate
Major Plate
ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT
Manila
PROPOSED 300-BED TERTIARY HOSPITAL WITH MEDICAL SCIENCES SCHOOL COMPLEX on a site
having generally flat terrain.
To design a private (300-Bed) Tertiary Hospital with Medical Sciences School Complex that will provide
general and specialized medical services and facilities in various fields and medical disciplines in order to
meet specific patient's and medical science educational needs. Associated with it are the application of the
latest and ethical methods of medical practices and with the latest medical technology and the provision of
health promotive environment for patients maintaining social integrity and responsibility.
The center will have four academic units, the College of Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Dentistry.
As a teaching tertiary hospital, it aims also to create the best environment for students to master the principles
and theories of medicine and obtain sufficient knowledge and experience to launch into a successful practice.
The center design should be safe from disaster (flood-free), as every year, many hospitals and health facilities
in the country are damaged and destroyed by disasters to which the Philippines has a very high vulnerability.
✓ To design a Tertiary Hospital with Medical Sciences School Complex that will provide general
and specialized medical services and facilities in various fields and medical disciplines in
order to meet specific patient's needs.
✓ It aims also to create the best environment for students educational needs.
✓ The development shall have a med-rise clustered structures that promotes environmental
architecture or green architecture.
✓ The complex shall be designed with an aesthetic & landmark quality type of structure.
✓ The design of the complex should also give emphasis and attention to the needs of the
disabled and the elderly.
✓ The center design should be safe from disaster.
✓ The complex shall be equipped with a broad range of state-of-the-art safety and security
features, including an advanced Building Management System, for the protection of hospital
clients and staff. Biosafety features are also incorporated into specific patient areas within the
complex.
✓ The architectural and interior design of the hospital complex is contemporary yet welcoming
with its hotel-like interiors and warm ambiance.
IV. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
✓ Inside Lot
✓ Minimum of 2 hectares (i.e., 20,000 square meters)
✓ The site may be hypothetical or actual site, but must be anchored in a real City/Municipality/
Neighborhood
A. TERTIARY HOSPITAL
➢ COMMERCIAL
Podium Levels:
• Selected commercial spaces, such as banks, a restaurant, a food court and a convenience
store and gift shop
• Multi level parking accommodates over 200-250 vehicles for clients and staff
➢ ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES:
• Lobby (Hotel Ambiance)
• Front Office/Information
• Admitting Office
• Affiliates Room/Library
• Office of the Hospital Chief
• Accounting Room
• Office of the Chief Nurse
• Office of the Administrative Officer
• Business and Finance Office
• Conference Room (20-24 persons)
• Printing and Storage Room
• Radio/Communication Room
• Toilets (He/She)
Surgical
• Operating Rooms (3)
• Scrub-up
• Clean-up Room
• Sub-sterilizing Room
• Surgical Supervisor’s Office
• Anaesthesiologists Area
• Anaesthesia Storage
• Sterile Instruments and Supply Storage
• Staff Locker Room and Toilets
• Staff Lounge
• Nurses Locker Room
• Central Sterilizing Room
• Recovery Rooms (3)
• Specialized Inpatient Nursing Units:
• 6 ICU beds
• 6 Special ICU beds,
• 8 beds for Acute Stroke and Neurosurgical cases
• 6 Medical & Surgical beds
• 5 beds for Telemetry and
• 4 Pediatric beds
• Visitor’s Waiting Area
• Toilets (He/She)
➢ ANCILLARY SERVICES:
Radiology/Imaging Department
• Radiographic X-Ray Room
• Radio-Flouroscopy X-Ray Room
• Control Booth
• Dark Room
• CT Scan Room
• MRI Room
• Mammography Room
• Utrasonography Room
• Nuclear Medicine Room
• Waiting Area
• Radiologist’s Office (6)
• Staff Room
• Clerical Area
• Film File Storage
• Locker Rooms and Toilets
Laboratory
• Bacteriology and Serology Section
• Histopathology Section
• Urinalysis and Biochemistry Section
• Hematology Section
• Blood Doning
• Waiting Area
• Pathologist’s Offices
• Staff Area
• Glass Washing and Sterilizing
• Storage
• Locker Rooms and Toilets
Pharmacy
• Chief Pharmacist’s Office
• Staff Work Area
• Patient Dispensing Area and Drug Information
• Receiving/Inspection Area
• Dry Storage & Refrigerated Storage
• Bulk Storage
• Distribution Area
• Locker Room and Toilets
Mortuary
• Lobby/Waiting Area
• Autopsy Room
• Morgue
• Locker Room and Toilet
Dietary
• Dietician’s Office
• Receiving Area
• Dry Storage
• Cold Storage
• Equipment Storage
• Food Preparation Area
• Special Diet Room
• Staff Dining Area
• Dishwashing Area
• Tray Truck Park and Wash Area
• Locker Room and Toilets
• Garbage Disposal Cubicle
Other Utilities
• Domestic water cistern
• Fire Reserve tank
• Overhead water tank
• Pump room
• Sump pit and sump pump
• Solid Waste Storage and
• Sewage treatment plant (STP)