VADSTENA CARE CROSS
Typ
Projektarbete, avancerad nivå
Project Report, advanced level
Project Report, advanced level
Program
Publicerad
2023
Författare
GYDELL, KARL-JOHAN
KUKLINSKA, ALEKSANDRA
VAN LAETHEM, FLORENCE
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
TASK
The focus of the autumn 2022 Chalmers Healthcare Studio was
to design a primary care centre in Vadstena municipality. The task
focused on the contemporary context of Nära vård in Sweden.
With this new focus, primary care centers will play an important
role in reducing the pressure on big hospitals but they will also
act as preventive care facilities located closer to inhabitants.
This means that the primary care centre should serve as a
community health centre, where the patients have a proactive
role. The studio was collaborating with a real client from Region
Östergötland to create different proposals for a new building for
the primary health facility in Vadstena.
SITE
Vadstena is a municipality located in southeast Sweden in
Östergötland County with 7.400 inhabitants. The requested
project brief contains 3.000 square metres including the
following departments: primary care unit, specialist outpatient
unit, public dental care, child care and a family centre. In the
current primary care centre in Vadstena 7.500 patients are
listed and the building is not suited for the modern standards
of healthcare.Vadstena has a long tradition connected to
healthcare since the 15th century. The site of the project is
located in the Brigitta's Hospital area which was build from
1947-1961. One of the existing building in the project site has an
important heritage value and needs to be preserved (B), while
the other one can be demolished (C). The design of the site also
includes the Brigitta Square (A) which these days is not defined
and works mostly as a parking lot.
PROJECT
The design of the project focused on a high level of
standardization of the floor plans and optimization of the patient
& staff flows. Special attention was made on patient safety and
easy wayfinding. In this project, creating a future proof primary
care center was of utter importance.