PANO REHAB PLACE FOR MS
LOCATION Tirana, Albania
YEAR 2022
PROGRAM Rehab Place for MS
STATUS Academic Project
PROJECT BRIEF
Tirana, despite the development of the country, there is a lack in terms of treatment of cases for patients with multiple sclerosis. Even though in Albania cases with multiple sclerosis are rare, there is still a need to have a specific rehabilitation site for this type of disease.. The site where the project will take place is located in Tirana. Looking at it in a broader context about the city, it is not far from the city center. The site is within a green open area, surrounded on the North-East and North-West side by some residential buildings, apartments.
DESIGN IDEA
TO ESTABLISH
Principles for Healing Design
This project is concerned with three main objectives. The main focus is to create a set of principles for designing healing environments. These design principles will serve as a universal framework for designing healing spaces. These principles will then be translated to different space types like private spaces such as the home, or more public environments, such as hospitals or other health care facilities.
TO EASE
The Healing Journey
With the help of other supporting research, this project aims to create a transitional health care facility. The purpose of this transitional health care facility is to bridge the gap between hospital and home. The leap from full 24-hour care in the hospital to very little or no care at home can be challenging for many. Therefore, this type of facility would allow for a smoother transition from hospital to home.
TO INTERACT
People about their Healing Process
This transitional health care facility intends to help people on their journey towards remission. However, it is not enough to house them for a short time and send them back home. Therefore, education is a significant component of this thesis project. Recreational spaces will be provided on the healing and hindering properties of the environment, as well as workshops on developing new life skills.
This project will help illustrate the practical application of the arguments that this project puts forward. By using concepts of healing spaces, new dynamic therapy spaces will be designed and presented. It is the hope that these spaces will allow patients to practice physical therapy within the circulation spaces as to receive a more dynamic and spatially perceptive form of treatment.
The program of the building will reflect the required care necessary for complete physical well-being. The primary component that we concentrated in was the circulation, how to move around the building and be aware of the different experiences the interior space could offer the users. With the use of biophilic design, we highlighted a system that could give life through the entire building and create different emotions.
The rehab center will be divided mainly into three sectors: General spaces, a Psychology space that will be related directly with the nature - and a Physiotherapy area that will be related with the water. The landscape areas is made for recreational activities integrating and creating an exterior sequence with the use of “green grey and blue”. The overall product will be to expose a new rehabilitation center by rethinking the existing interior space in terms of water, nature and experiences.
