OMA’s ‘al daayan’ health district in doha reimagines the future of hospitals – Designboom

rethinking the hospital in doha

led by reinier de graaf, OMA introduces its al daayan health district, which will be realized in doha, qatar. the team seeks to reimagine the hospital, a feat which is an urgent priority in the context of rapidly advancing medical innovation. located on an untouched, 1.3 million square-meter site between qatar university and the new lusail city, the al daayan health district presents the perfect opportunity the architects note that it offers the possibility for a new symbiosis between architecture and medical science.

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led by reinier de graaf, the team at OMA presents its al daayan health district with a threefold program a tertiary teaching hospital, a womens and childrens hospital and an ambulatory diagnostics center. the project will have a total capacity of 1,400 beds, all joined into a single structure. clinical facilities occupy the first floor while bed wards are located on the ground floor, reducing the dependency on elevators and allowing patients to enjoy the complexs generous gardens healing spaces with a long history in islamic medical architecture.

OMAs doha health district will be made up of cross-shaped modular units, prefabricated onsite. these modules can be reconfigured and expanded with minimal disruption to ongoing processes, significantly lowering the cost of future adaptations. 3D-printing allows for endless variations in the design of the facades, reintroducing ornament to the hospital a type of architecture usually characterized by austerity.

a high-tech farm supplies food and medical plants for the local production of medicine. all supporting facilities are connected to the hospitals by an automated underground circulation system. a dedicated logistics center and solar farm enable the district to function autonomously.

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