DESIGN
LAURA TONELLI – ARCHITECT, UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES PABLO VIQUEIRA – ARCHITECT, UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES
Benefits of industrialised modular construction
The Samic Pediatric Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, specialises in the health of children from birth to 15 years old. It is a reference centre at both national and regional level for high complexity pathologies. The decision was made to relocate the vaccination centre in a building that is separate to the hospital in order to improve access from the public road and patient flow.
The hospital and the vaccination centre.
The Samic Pediatric Hospital operates on a national and regional level for vaccinations, which is why the flow of patients is considerable and constant. Therefore, a new building was constructed inside the hospital grounds but independent of the hospital itself using an industrialised modular method, which guarantees a high level of quality and design control.
Metallic panels with an insulating core were erected in a continuous line and covered on both sides with a pre-painted galvanized iron laminate. With direct access from the street, the new vaccination centre has a waiting room, reception and
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treatment rooms. It also includes a preparation area, staff rooms, maintenance areas and space to store clean and used materials. Every room benefits from natural and artificial light, air conditioning and washable walls and floors. The industrialised modular
Laura Tonelli Pablo Viqueira
Laura Tonelli is a licensed architect, master in health policies and procedures, Europe/Latin American, University of Bologna, Italy and a healthcare architecture specialist at the University of Buenos Aires. Pablo Viqueira is a licensed architect and healthcare architecture specialist at the University of Buenos Aires.
construction means that elements such as facades, doors and partitions could be added later, quickly and efficiently. In comparison to traditional construction methods, this method has many advantages. These include a specialist construction team for each stage who inpart a high level of quality control. The construction methods in a modular process
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