uRDANETA GENERAL HOSPITAL

IN CASE OF DISASTROUS EVENTS, WE CAN'T HAVE OUR HOSPITALS FALLING WHEN WE NEEDED IT THE MOST, THUS INTRODUCING THE RESILIENT HOSPITAL. A SELF-SUSTAINING, GREEN, AND RESILIENT HOSPITAL THAT CAN WITHSTAND DISASTROUS EVENTS OF NATURAL AND EVEN MAN-MADE SUCH AS FLOODING, EARTHQUAKE, SICK SURGE, AND EVEN NUCLEAR WARFARE. MAYBE EVEN A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE?!

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ITS CONCEPT IS DERIVED FROM "BIOPHILIC" WHERE NATURE IS ITS MAIN FORM AND CONSIDERATION. WE ADAPT THE FORM OF STOMATA, THE BASIC BUILDING FORM OF EVERY ORGANIC MATERIAL. IT REVOLVES AROUND THE IDEA THAT NATURE NURTURES AND THAT HUMAN HEALTH CAN NOT BE TREATED SEPARATELY FROM THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. WE START WITH CREATING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALING THROUGH DOMING LIKE A GREENHOUSE THE WHOLE SITE IS ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED AND ALSO ACTS AS A BARRIER AGAINST EXTERNAL POLLUTANTS AND POSSIBLE RADIATIONS. USING NATURE TO NURTURE OR HEAL. THE COURTYARD ALSO ACTS AS A LIGHTWELL, AIRFLOW, AND A PLACE TO RELAX WITH ITS GARDEN-LIKE FEATURE TO BE ONE WITH NATURE CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE PROMOTING SOCIAL AND HEALTHY INTERACTIONS DIFFERENT FROM THE STANDARD SCARY, SHADY HOSPITALS.

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ITS CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ARE ALSO INNOVATIVE AND IDEALISTIC. THE MAIN FLOORS ARE LOCATED AT THE TOP AND INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING UPWARD THE STRUCTURE WILL BE BUILT DOWNWARD, THE MAIN HOSPITAL FUNCTIONS ARE LOCATED ON THE HIGHER FLOORS TO ACCOMMODATE EMERGENCIES EVEN IN THE CASE OF FLOODING WHILE ALL THE HOSPITAL BEDS ARE LOCATED BELOW AND STRATEGICALLY BUILT BY PHASE AND NEEDS. WHERE THE STRUCTURE CAN START OR CONTINUE BUILDING MORE BEDS BELOW WITHOUT DISTRACTING THE OVERALL FUNCTION OF THE HOSPITAL ABOVE, THE ROOF DECK CONSISTS OF A GARDEN, ALTERNATIVE ELECTRICITY SOURCES, AND A HELIPAD. WHILE ITS METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION IS THEORETICALLY ADAPTED TO TENSION BRIDGE DESIGN WHERE TWO MAIN POLES ARE SUPPORTING THE WHOLE BUILDING THROUGH TENSION STEELS, AND THE USE OF CARBON FIBER RODS WHICH WILL TRANSFER EARTHQUAKE STRESS ON THE GROUND AND MAKE THE BUILDING JUST DANCE LIKE A SEESAW

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IT'S A THIRD-LEVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL THAT ALSO FEATURES A CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER, MEDICAL SCHOOL, TRANSPORT TERMINAL, AND STOPS, A COMMUNITY CENTER, A MEDICAL HOTEL FOR TOURISM, A VERTICAL FARMING GARDEN, UTILITY BUILDING, AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND A DORMITORY TO COMPLETE ITS MEDICAL COMPLEX. AND SUPPORT ITS SELF-SUSTAINABILITY. 

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