World-class Healthcare Design Aligning with Abu Dhabi’s Global Vision
Master Plan Abu Dhabi 2030 is driven by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's
Emir's grand vision for the city to develop as a global capital. This plan divides Abu Dhabi into districts of
which the core Capital District is the location for this 750 bed hospital campus. Efficiently connected to the
rest of the districts by road as well as rail, this site is planned to accommodate a large housing zone and an
office park along with several civic amenities over and above the redeveloped Al Mafraq Hospital. Thus
envisioned as part of a grand development plan, the hospital campus, too, is expected to deliver healthcare
that is at a large scale, technologically advanced, with superlatively sustainable systems and covering the
entire range of medical care categories.
Builtup Area:26,50,000 SF Services :Master planning, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Design, MEPF Engineering, Healthcare Planning, Sustainability Collaboration : Burt Hill (Jayesh Hariyani while Director at Burt Hill)
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This design for the Al Mafraq Hospital is assigned an expansive 30 Ha at the south-eastern side of the plot,
where its posterior block of four towers along with a mid-rise frontal block fan out symmetrically about the
east-west axis. The massive built form spreads out elegantly amidst a beautifully landscaped site, offering
efficient access to every department of healthcare to people from all over UAE as well as the world.
While the frontal midrise block of the hospital has the out-patient clinics, the four towers rising from the rear
block constitute in-patient health-care facilities for every department ranging from maternity to trauma,
orthopedics to oncology, and diagnostics to rehabilitation. An elaborately detailed drive-way and drop-off
plaza thread through the complex between the front and rear blocks, making the layout explicitly clear,
functionally efficient and easy to navigate for all stakeholders.
The grand reception lobby is accessorized
with a waiting lounge designed to accommodate a huge number of visitors at a time, from where a clearly
resolved concourse helps them navigate their way to various departments and facilities. Hospital rooms and
suites have been designed to cater to requirements of a range of patients from commoners to royalty, and
localities to international citizens. Two levels of basement offer ample parking spaces for staff and visitors
alike, while support and MEP services are housed in service floors at the basement, podium top and tower
top floors.
The Al Mafraq hospital sits in a landscape designed in the Wadi style, i.e. like a naturally occurring fluvial
river-basin geology that is often found in desert regions. Accordingly chosen plantations require lesser
amounts of water to survive and the gravely, sandy soft and hardscapes are hardy enough to withstand the
desert climate and sustain their ecosystem perpetually without significant external inputs.
Best Sustainable Healthcare Design for Harsh Climate
The climate-responsive design of the three-layered fenestration and façade system responds to Abu Dhabi’s
harsh desert climate to create a comfortable and conducive working & healing environment within the
building. A well-calibrated shading system ensures glare-free natural lighting and multiple layers in
combination with low-E glazing cut the harsh heat at all times of the day.
All measures for green systems
including water, energy and waste efficiency have been incorporated and a Building Management System
is used to ensure sustainability during construction as well as projected years of use of the building which
has been awarded the highest ranked platinum sustainability rating.
"Global Standards of Health Care Design and Sustainability Interwoven to Create
Holistically Superlative Environment."
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