Figure 1.
The plan organises consultation rooms around circulation routes and places A B W s, employee meeting rooms, and break rooms within shared staff areas. Customer traffic follows the main circulation path through the plan, while employee routes run alongside and connect the working areas. A light court provides natural light to adjacent spaces. Windows or light court boundaries with natural light extend along several external and internal edges. Emergency exit doors occur within multiple consultation room areas and provide access from the circulation system.Layout concept diagram
Notes: Main features of the layout:
• A light court divides the building into a narrow and a deep section, with natural light in some way on both sides of the sections.
• The employees’ ABWs, along with support areas and reception areas, are mostly located on the sides of the sections near windows.
• Some ABWs and reception areas are entirely within the windowless interior structure.
• ABWs and support spaces (break rooms, printing, meeting rooms, etc.) are organized into smaller units among the reception spaces.
• The same route is used by both employees and patients to access the reception areas.
• There are doors between the consultation rooms, primarily for emergency exits.
Source: Authors’ own work