The design of a new medical faculty building at Livingston Hospital in Port Elizabeth

- Erwee, Chantal

Title
The design of a new medical faculty building at Livingston Hospital in Port Elizabeth
Creator
Erwee, Chantal
Subject
College buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Designs and plans College buildings -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Type
Thesis
Type
Masters
Type
MArch
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39076
Identifier
vital:35036
Description
On 24 July 2016, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) announced formal state approval to establish a new medical school. This treatise proposes the design of the medical faculty for NMMU. This medical faculty will challenge the typical school typology by the application of Biophilic design principles. This is achieved by critically engaging with the nature of a medical faculty and campus and by examining the context in which the proposal takes place. By means of a typological investigation, Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth was deemed the most suitable location for the medical faculty. Through the integration of the programmatic requirements, technical strategy and the model of Biophilia, which stimulates the physiological needs and neurological functions of the users, the treatise successfully established a new precedent for medical school design in South Africa. The investigation of Livingstone Hospital highlighted the need for rehabilitation of the adjacent green structures and the campus as a whole. The design provides the “stent” which will fuse these entities, healing not only the physical campus but the users of the campus, the surrounding landscape and ultimately the adjacent precinct. The introduction of a medical faculty to the Health Sciences Department of NMMU in Port Elizabeth will breathe new life into the medical industry, unclogging the arteries which restrict the provision of healthcare for South African citizens.
Format
185 leaves
Format
pdf
Publisher
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Publisher
Faculty of Arts
Language
English
Rights
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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