Sheltered Space in Panzhou People’s Hospital

Panzhou People’s Hospital utilizes design to create a more relaxed and humanized environment.

The landscape design integrates the new landscaping with the existing building’s form.

Planning began with an overall assessment of the site’s transportation system. The goal

was to use landscaping to create unique healing spaces. The design addresses the

patients’ physical and mental needs while simultaneously creating a community park for

the neighborhood residents.

The overall site planning starts from the rearrangement of the parking lot, which makes

the traffic route more convenient and precise. By incorporating and integrating the

scattered green spaces, the site brings in a new Former District Square and

Rehabilitation Garden. Given this, the site also returns nature to space through a natural

landscape design. Based on existing ecological diversity, the combination of plants and

water further provide a better multi-sensory living experience for the people.

The design uses curved elements that are both powerful and gentle at the same time to

evoke people’s empathy and infinite reveries. It allowed a more organic programmatic

space organization and integration with the surroundings. Consequently, spatial

relationships become more harmonious and serve as an effective guiding tool with the

utilize of design methods such as extension, overlap and reciprocation. Meanwhile, the

separation between people and cars ensures the safety and effectiveness of the traffic

flow. The Rehabilitation Garden is composed of green islands and tree groups on the

side of the municipal road, which effectively help isolate the dust and noise as well as

creating a comfortable environment under the forest. The diversity also provides high-

quality outdoor spaces for patients, their families, and the medical staff.