FACILITIES DESIGN
‘The new building has been designed to provide a therapeutic space and to incorporate a direct contact with the natural environment as part of treatment.’
Humaraya Center for addiction treatment.
visitors, dining areas where patients can meet with each other, an assistance sector, infirmary and doctor’s office. All patient rooms are north-oriented, have a gallery and internal courts. All facades are protected with an eave, aimed at providing shadow and helping to reduce solar radiation. Space for internal circulation was
Hospitalised patients recreational and sports facilities. The ambulatory area is an internal court.
‘The new building is designed around two internal courts, which have been used to differentiate two separate internal functions.’
practices, family reunions, music therapy, and meetings with doctors. Finally, a gymnasium has also been incorporated into the design to help facilitate the elimination of toxins. Each one of these group spaces offers the
opportunity for patients to develop, acquire or recover motor, cognitive and sensor- perceptive skills. All of these components are necessary for social function in society, as required by treatment, rehabilitation,
recovery, social reintegration and prevention care.
Hospitalisation area: This area consists of
six rooms; each containing three beds, a private toilet and closet. The goal is to reduce the number of days of patient hospitalisation and ambulatory care. Particular attention has been paid at facilitating the patient’s connection with their family. The design therefore incorporates ample space for
Personnel entrance
designed to facilitate patients moving around and to promote social integration. This consideration helps to differentiate circulation areas for ambulatory, hospitalised, patients in crisis (with direct access through emergency) and personnel. A late design change saw the
incorporation of internal courts which, in turn, allowed the incorporation of natural lighting and ventilation, humanising the area and creating a space where it is possible to stroll, rest, relax and recover. The idea of dividing the circulation space recognises the necessity of separating the areas of ambulatory care from that of hospitalisation and emergency at some times during the day. A free outdoor space has been provided at
the hospitalisation sector to allow patients to practice different activities and sports such as soccer and basketball. There is also a covered space (quincho) and a therapeutic garden to provide patients with a variety of
hands-on relaxing activities. Service area: This includes a kitchen,
laundry, sanitary room, locker room for personnel and mechanical room. The structure consists from independent foundations, columns, beams and roofing made of reinforced concrete. External and interior divisions are made from plastered and painted hollow bricks. However, in some cases gypsum drywalls were used, with tile panels for the ceilings.
Restricted access
Ambulatory patients hallways Hospitalised patients hallways
Plan of the Humaraya Center circulation hallways. IFHE DIGEST 2013 entrance Main
Emergency patients hallway (emergency access only)
Service personnel hallways
Conclusion The Humaraya Center will help to improve family and social support, as well as ambulatory care. It will cover the demand and its social orientation; it will help to improve the construction of a psychosocial diagnosis, the treatment of patients and their families; it will contribute to creating a school and working environment, and a family context free of drug addictions. More importantly, the center will offer a dignified space for the treatment of people who suffer from a variety of emotional issues and/or dependencies.
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