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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
“Every system is perfectly designed to achieve exactly the results that it gets”
. — Don Berwick, MD
Children are a group of people who response to environment with all their
five senses; touch, smell, feel, taste and hear. Therefore, during the time of their
environment and can bring positive outcomes. (Bontile, 201; Rutter, 1981).
visits can be further compounded by environmental issues (in this case the term
environment includes all its interpretations; natural, built, interior and outdoor),
planning of children's healthcare centers can address safety, security and thus the
elimination of their fears, which are important to their health, (Rutter, 1981).
Health care facilities are organizations that have organized medical and other
professional staff and healthcare services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, (World
Health Organization, 2018). Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with
the prevention and treatment of infants, children and young people from birth
until the age of 18. (Mandal, 2013). Therefore, a Pediatric Center is a child
pharmacies, health and prevention centers, and specialized care health centers,
such as birth health centers, and so on. (World Health Organization, 2018).
The Department of health (DoH) has 1,071 private hospitals licensed and 721
government hospitals. (The Manila Times, 2018). With these, Philippines has
situated in Quezon City, Metro Manila. There are 61 current hospitals in Region
VI, Negros, with 5,541 beds producing a bed ratio of 1:1, 328 that is still a long
way from the prescribed new optimal goal of 1:800- bed to population ratio.
the Bacolod City Health Office, the city has one (1) government-owned hospital
and five (5) private health institutions (Bacolod City Health Office, 2016).
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are necessary to meet the requirements and needs of the users for their security,
sustainable, and to create spaces within the facility that would be very personal
study and investigation should be done about the region or area to be served so
institutional facility that would feed to the demands and necessities of the public
solution for the proposed Medico Central: A Health Care Facility for Children for
On Site Location
1. Where would the suggested Health Care Facility for Children be the most
appropriate and accessible location that would meet the requirements of the
following factors:
(a) Accessibility;
On Site Development
1. What sort of site planning would most suit the facility's effective circulation:
On Building Function
1. What will be the number of beds required that are most applicable by the
pediatric care??
2. What are the amenities, equipment and spaces needed for the project with
regards to:
3. What are planning principles and circulation of the Pediatric care about:
departments);
(b) Use (activities carried out in the hall and rooms, number of users
protection);
5. What will be the strategic solutions to satisfy the user’s and patient’s
On Building Aesthetics
1. How will be the design concept and character be relate to the philosophy
of design?
2. What will be the best and most suitable design character to be used in the
project?
standards??
(d) What will be the concept and idea to be used to improve and
(e) Will the design character of the building able to help in the
(a) Ceiling;
(b) Floor;
(c) Wall?
1. What are the best construction principles and ideas to be used in the
project?
(c) Will it help in the resilience and stability of the building in the
long run?
hospital design?
2. Is the building prepared and set for any natural calamity and future
expansions?
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1. What are the innovations that can be used and provided for the
2. What are the new things and services the building/ facility can offer?
facility?
(f) Ventilation;
To close the gap between the growing populations is what this study aims
and the need for Medical Facilities, to raise awareness of the diseases that are
affecting the children today, and to design a facility that provides care for
The healing process can cause stress and make them uneasy, leading in
delayed healing, particularly for the young patients. The spaces within the
frightening.
This research may provide a distinct and convenient facility to assist improve
This research can assist and provide familiarity and understanding of the
project to the researcher regarding its impact on the surrounding society and
how the project would help enhance health facilities. It will also assist the
Future researchers would benefit from the studies in collecting information and
The theories in this study are from famous individuals who contribute and
promote healthy and efficient health care system. These theories will be the
As to Building Aesthetic
elements of the hospital setting, including furniture arrangements, color and art,
atmosphere of all five senses and make the kid feel more comfortable.
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As to Building Function
Salutogenic design focuses on variables that promote individual health and well-
being and prevent disease. This theory deals with psychosocial research that
attempt to maintain the state of well-being in the belief that disease and health
health promotion and has become more apparent in the development of new
p. 32).
On Site Development
organization theory that the movement towards the eyes of customers is visible,
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According to the Architecture: Form, Space, and Order - 4th edition, 2015 by
some secondary spaces assembled around a large, dominant, central space. The
secondary areas may differ from one another in form or size to respond to
architecture in the design and planning of the proposed Health Care facility for
children or Pediatric car. This innovation will benefit the children and the families
as well as the staffs in their day to day activity around the facility.
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Central: A Health Care Facility for Children in Bacolod City. With the help of the
six aspects in the study each will be process to come up a good design solution.
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
THE SITE
Accessibility to the served THE SITE
community Minimizing distance of
Existing utilities (water, necessary travel, patient-
Power, and communication) THE SITE orientated layout
Presence of natural forms Site observation and
Land Use in Adjoining areas investigation SITE ANALYSIS
Site Land Use and Zoning Able to create with natural
SITE features (such as natural light
DEVELOPMENT SITE ANALYSIS and ventilation). Access to
Site Schematics nature
Landscape and Vegetation
Building Orientation
Efficient arrangement of the SWOT analysis
facilities and amenities: FUNCTION
structure, orientation, slope Create spaces with relation to
study, and future expansion. FUNCTION each other
Area per Person Space control
Space Analysis Comfortable and space
FUNCTION privacy and safety.
Required number of beds, Space Programming
amenities, facilities, spaces,
planning principles and AETHETICS AETHETICS
circulations Applying the building design Stimulate Design Features,
character, concept and theories Complexity and Coherence
AETHETICS in visual form Social support enhancement
Building design character,
overall concept, shape and BUILDING BUILDING
form STRENGTH
STRENGTH
Application of structural design Durable Structural design and
BUILDING analysis and materials materials
STRENGTH
Structural design principles
UTILITY SYSTENS
UTILITY
and material specification
Projection, layout and SYSTENS
installation of utility Durable finishes of utilities
UTILITY SYSTENS for each functional space
Specifications of Materials mechanism
and components
Required engineering and
utility systems
“THIS INCLUDES DATA ANALYSIS
AND LEGAL BASIS SUCH AS
CODES AND LAWS NECESSARY IN
DESIGNING A HOSPITAL”
FEEDBACK
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This study aims to seek for solutions in the care of children ageing 18 and
below.
The study only caters to the population of Children aged 0 – 18 years old in
Bacolod City.
The aim of this research is to provide a solution for current services lacking
in the health care facilities in Bacolod City for the needs of kids and their
families.
The research period is expected to cover within four months of research and
collecting data.
Technical and medical terms are only limited to what is relevant of the topic.
As to site selection, the site was given by the Bacolod City Planning Office.
The survey participants are 18 years of age and below who understand the
survey questionnaire and the parents and guardians of kids 6 years of age
and below.
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These are the following terms that are used in this study: Conceptually and
Operationally,
Centralized Organization
Clinical Laboratory
is a range from small clinics and doctor's offices to urgent care centers and
laboratories.
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Neonatal
relating to taking care of babies in the first month after their birth.
Pediatrics
is the branch of medicine that deals with the development and care of infants
Polyclinic
Outpatient service
similar treatments may require admission in some hospitals but not others.
Segregation
Zoning
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Relates to the different areas in a hospital. There are different type of zoning
Deep zone are areas that require asepsis to perform the prescribed services:
segregated from the public areas but accessible to the outer, second and inner
zones
Inner zone are areas that provide nursing care and management of patients:
Outer zone are areas that are immediately accessible to the public: emergency
service outpatient service, and administrative service. Located near the entrance
of the hospital.
Second zone are areas that receive work load from the outer zone: laboratory,
pharmacy and radiology. They shall be located near the outer zone.
Service zone are areas that provide support to hospital activities: dietary
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Internet sources:
https://www.manilatimes.net/at-a-glance-the-philippine-health-care-system/395117/,
The Philippine health care system, April 26, 2018 The Manila Times