RMIT Architecture + Royal College of General Practitioners

Graham Crist RMIT University + Antarctica Group

The Rebirth of the Clinic:Case studies in architectural design for general practice

What can design do?

What can design not do?

What can design not do?

fix social problems fix health problems

What can design do?

design out particular functional problems in practiceprovide spatial quality contributing to a sense of wellbeingenable medicine to best operate in its environment

The broad holistic position

safety=securitysafety=defensible spacesafety=connected space

How do we examine this?(our research methodology)

the speculative design studio

15 students 13 weeks 2 sites 1 brief

the background

a new design guide for GP clinics

D E S I G N

the brief

· Diversity · Economy · Safety · Innovation · Green · Neighbourly

FLOOR PLAN Scale 1:500 FIRST FLOOR PLAN Scale 1:500

PARENT/CHILD SERVICES

YOUTHSERVICES

MEDICAL IMAGINGCHEMIST

GENERAL PRACTICE

CHILDCARE

MENTAL HEALTH

A

BusStop

Town Hall

a

b

a

b

Global Learning Centre

Train

Site Plan 1: 500

KINGSWAY

PARK ST

Clinics or HospitalsSite Car parks Tram Line

THE REBIRTH OF THE CLINIC BY YONGPENG SHEN

This project aims to promote and support the community of the currant literature about the present and future role of general practice and primary health care. General practice serves as an important contributor to the growth of the Melbourne city. It provides first level primary medical care for most of the population. Located on the South Melbourne site on the corner of Kings Way and Park St, the proposal establishes new living prototypes that are generating design at a number of levels: Diversity, Economy, Safety, Innovation, Green and Neighborly. After a close study of the disciplines of nature (trees at the site) and a reconsideration of the response to the site, the intention is to require giving a new life of building designs and relationships between rooms.

Translation Between External Spaceand Internal Space

Tree Study

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

Kings Way

Park St

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

View from Park St

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

Ground Floor Plan

Entrance

1:200

Consulting Room Floor Plan

Entrance

Emergency Exit

Car Park

Entrance

Waiting Area

Consulting Room Plan

Consulting Room

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

Consulting Room

N

First Floor Plan1:200

Second Floor Plan1:200

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

N

Third Floor Plan1:200

NAME: YONGPENG SHEN

N