אדריכלות ישראלית - גיליון 122

Raphael Hospital אדריכלותישראלית Architecture of Israel # 122 August 2020 30 | | About five years ago it was decided to convert an office building from the 80’s in Kiyriat Atidim into a private hospital. Private hospitals are built in accordance with the increasing phenomenon of private Health Services. In order to meet their marketing goals, projects like these must meet the demand for state-of-the art medical facilities and staff, as well as providing patients with the experience of luxurious hospitality. The planning challenge of converting a building from the 80’s into a modern hospital with its complex infrastructure and systems, required the dismantling of all existing building systems, including the facades, leaving only the skeleton. The primary limitation was insufficient floor height for the integration of complex systems, particularly in operating theaters. This was resolved by demolishing the basement ceiling and re-casting it, thus adding an extra meter height to the operating theaters, above which the protected area was installed. For the remaining storeys, this problem was solved by placing the infrastructure outside the skeleton on the western and eastern facades. Since the building climate comfort is controlled by smart systems, it was possible to canopy the building with anti-UV screen walls, which reflect the changing surroundings, presenting an impressive dynamic picture. This, together with the thickened facade frames gave the building its unique form. Contrary to institutional hospitals that focus mainly on the medical staff's needs, and only then take into consideration those of patients and families, here the situation is reversed - patients and their families are put at the center. This finds expression in all architectural components, from the design of the prestigious façade, to every internal detail, expressing a sense of calm and comfort in the space. The design concept at Raphael was therefore based on highly equipped operating theaters, enabling the medical and administrative staff to provide hotel-oriented hospitality that finds expression in service and leisure functions for the patients and their families, as well as staff. In other words – the goal was to give the clinical/institutional building a human dimension – via the use of natural materials, with an emphasis on arts and crafts, balancing the sterile, synthetic medical functions. In this context, special emphasis was placed on lighting, both in terms of generating atmosphere and as an important functional element. For instance, in operating theaters where it is necessary to adapt lighting to stages of surgery. Likewise, there is automatic regulation of natural and artificial light. Thus, for example, in waiting lounges and hospital rooms each of the patients can determine his desired atmosphere. בי״ח רפאל, קרית עתידים בעמוד זה למעלה: כניסה ראשית לבית החולים למטה: תכנית קומת קרקע, לובי הכניסה, המסעדה בחלק המערבי, ומתקני הצוות בחלק המזרחי. בעמוד הימני: חזית דרומית ומבט לכיוון כניסת האורחים מהצד המערבי של בית החולים אריה שאואר אדריכלים. אדריכל: אלון דרורי. אדריכל אחראי: עופר מרגלית. אדריכל נוף: סטודיו גד הלפרין תכנון עיצוב פנים: שחר כהן. מעצב אחראי: אול אין. הדמיות: project of the season raphael hospital kiryat atidim Dr. Hillit Mazor One of the most difficult problems in converting a six-storey office building into its new purpose was creating a suitable interaction between the various systems. This requires an efficient flowchart, using a coherent design language, inter alia based on repeated motifs – both in terms of hospitality and operational functions. Patients are admitted through the main entrance at street level. After registration they are accompanied to the guest storey, reminiscent of hotel reception, where family can wait while the patient is taken to the pre-surgery prep room. After surgery, the patient is moved into the recovery area and from there into a luxurious, well-equipped hospital room, with one or two beds, and a bathroom that wouldn’t put a five-star hotel to shame. The medical, administrative and maintenance staff have their own separate entrance in the eastern part on the ground floor. Here there are staff changing rooms from where they can reach the doctors’ lounges, the operating theaters (on the 4th storey or basement), and the administrative wing on the 3rd storey. Raphael Hospital Western facade Architect: Arie Shauer Architects. Project architect: Alon Drori. Landscape architect: Ofer Margalit. Interior design: Studio Gad Halperin Project designer: Shahar Cohen.