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Schematic Design of Nanshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen
By : SUIADR, ZZ, ZBT, MXR, QYK, HGJ, GC, ZHH, YJZ, MML, WB, XR, according to LZP, TJ, LM
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 17th edition
Discipline : Architecture
Categories : Public Building / Institutional Building : Bronze Certification
Nanshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is situated in the Tongle Community in Nanshan, Shenzhen, planned to accommodate a total of 800 beds.
Spanning an area of 21,659.04 square meters, the project’s site lies at the southwest corner of the intersection between Nanbo 2nd Road and Nanbo 3rd Road. It adjoins Beihuan Avenue to the south, with urban planning roads flanking its south and west sides. The terrain slopes downwards from south to north, with an elevation difference of approximately 10 meters. To the south lies land designated for the Beihuan Management Station of the Greening Administration of Shenzhen and the Nanshan District Environmental Sanitation Support Center, earmarked for future development. The project’s design brief mandates a 200-meter setback from the oil pipeline and high-pressure gas pipeline under the Beihuan Avenue.
The project’s total construction area encompasses 156,450 square meters, with a floor area ratio of 5.84. The underground first floor houses the radiology department, while outpatient and emergency care facilities occupy the 1st to 4th floors. The 5th floor features a stilted garden, followed by medical technology and administration & research departments on floors six through thirteen. The 14th floor also boasts a stilted garden, with inpatient care facilities spanning the 14th to 22th floors, accommodating 16 nursing units with a total of 800 beds. The building’s height reaches 99.9 meters, and three underground levels offer parking for a combined total of 800 vehicles. The design ethos is articulated as follows:
- Elevated podium and slab-style architecture, with reserved land for future development
In compliance with the 200-meter setback requirement, the main structure is positioned on the northern side, while a rehabilitative park with lush greenery adorns the southern periphery, reserved for potential development in the future. Due to the relatively constrained site area, the design scheme employs an architectural strategy that combines “elevated podium and slab-style building”. In specific, the “podium” comprises the outpatient and emergency services, medical technology, and scientific research departments, seamlessly integrated with the slab-style inpatient building, ensuring optimal space utilization.
- Recessed sunshine terraces and three-dimensional park
To reduce the substantial building volume, the design scheme sets layered “recessed” sunshine terraces in the south-facing administration and research area. These terraces connect the rehabilitative park with the roof garden and sky garden, forming a continuous and three-dimensional vertical green park system.
- Three “ground levels”, a green valley
The design scheme maximizes the 10-meter elevation difference between the north and south areas of the site. The second floor serves as the entrance to the ecological green valley. A surrounding ring road links the emergency and inpatient entrances on the north side, and the outpatient entrance on the third floor to create a three “ground levels”. Corridors connect the north and south, forming a rich, dynamic, and green shared courtyard.
- Integration of hall and corridor, hierarchical waiting system
The outpatient department adopts “standardized units” and a hierarchical waiting model which comprises and a primary waiting lobby, a waiting corridor, and a secondary waiting area. Additional seating and clinic buffer waiting rooms are placed at entrances and corridors to facilitate hierarchical waiting process. Departments with similar functions are grouped together in clusters on the plane, setting the foundation for a future “diagnosis and treatment center”.
- Dual nursing units and multi-grade wards:
The slab-type inpatient area adopts the “dual nursing units” model, with over 2/3 of wards facing south. Each of the east and west units accommodates 50 beds, and the patient activity room and sky garden can be separated or combined. Placed at the turning point, the nurse station enables two-way consideration and prompt care. Wards include three-person and two-person rooms, with single-person VIP rooms at the ends and corners, creating a diversified ward combination with hierarchical configuration and prominent features.
- Medicine drawer-like grilles reminiscent of traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy
The design scheme utilizes the multi-layer recessed terraces to create traditional medicine drawer-like “boxes”, which are then vertically stacked to form a “medicine cabinet” reminiscent of traditional pharmacy. Horizontally on the podium and vertically on the slab-style tower building, the exterior facades feature bamboo curtain-like sunshade grilles, presenting a modern and minimalist image of a new traditional Chinese medicine hospital infused with TCM culture.
