Name: Polish Modular Hospital
Client: Polish Cluster of Construction Exporters
Design Team:
Architecture: Maciej Taczalski, Karolina Taczalska, Bartosz Kaciupski, Marta Pankiewicz, Maria Michnowska, Jarosław Fzik
Sanitary Engineering: Iglohome
Electrical Engineering: Arles Michał Armacki
Container Engineering and Technology: Unibep
Visualisations: We’re Architects
VARIANT 1 (Grand Modular Hospital)
Hospital Area: 1858 m2
Medical Staff Residential Area: 1020 m2
No. Modules: 54
No. Hospital Beds: 51 hospital beds + 4 ambulatory beds
VARIANT 2 (Small Modular Hospital)
Hospital Area: 827 m2
Medical Staff Residential Area: 681 m2
No. Modules: 16
No. Hospital Beds: 28
PMH is a response to the above challenges in the provision of medical care. The overriding principle is shortening and the maximum simplification of the investment process. The hospital is to be adaptable to local conditions related to the demand for medical care (business profile, size). In the absence of infrastructure, lack of media supply or lack of continuity of supply the media can act as an independent and self-sufficient unit.
The Greek cross is a widely recognizable symbol for the medical profession. In its vocation, it expresses care, concern for the maintenance of life, promotion of physical and mental health and well-being. The universal and transnational symbolism indicates the function of the object – providing medical care
The layout of the building, in the form of said cross, allows for connecting the modules with a simple communication system, centred around an open courtyard, which serves as and enclave of greenery. It provides easy access to individual wards as well as to spaces with inter-wards functions.
The PMH is composed of prefabricated and fully equipped modules in variety of configurations, allowing for rapid design, production and assembly of a unit as a whole.
The configurability of the hospital is based upon the construction of its individual wings. Each of these wings is comprised of a few modules. The system of modular connections allows to create an individual hospital programme.
The building has all the required functions, but also allows any arrangement. The base wing is the entrance wing - it consists of an infirmary and a part for the hospital staff and administration. In the central part there is a nurse station, which improves control and communication. The remaining wings can be configured depending on the local needs, with a choice of a universal hospital ward, maternity ward, operating block and inter-departmental functions.
