BDES1020 <Eugene, Sherwood>

Abstract

Women's Hospital, Isfahan. This project is for the creation of a specialist hospital for women , who need care and attention during the perinatal period, the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life. The hospital will be set up with 15 intensive care units in single bed private wards, and 3 wards containing 5 beds. Each floor will host a garden and meditation area where mothers or expectant mothers can find piece and relaxation, away from tense surrounds, or play host to family members who are in attendance. The hospital is centrally located behind the north west side of Imam Square, not far from the new transport hub proposal to the north east of Imam Square. Access to the hospital can be gained from 3 different directions, north, east and west. The main entry to the hospital is via the north west corner. The design of the hospital was inspired by the pattern found on tiles that clad the Jameh Mosque which contain Kufic script, the oldest calligraphic Arabic script and it was in this script that the first copies of the Qur'an were written. Further more, the design has also tried to incorporate the warmth and feel of the honeycomb pattern, as a metaphor, for the community of workers in attendance to the life giving queen bee.