Gynaecololy and Obstetrics Clinic

View from the corridor.

Project details

• Project Name: Gynaecololy and Obstetrics Clinic
• Location of Site: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
• Design Team: Author: Francisco Portugal e Gomes; Contribution: Fernando Gabriel - architect, Joao Alexandre Abreu - practice architect
• Project Type: Medical Equipment
• Client: Ricon Ferraz, Lda
• Contractor/s: MSerafim - Manuel Antonio Lima dos Anjos
• Site Area: 88 sq. mt.
• Built-up Area: 88 sq. mt.
• Cost of Construction: 84,796 €
• Date of completion: 2006

Waiting room.

Words from the architect

The client demanded a comfortable and clarity interior space with a visible access directly from the public garden yard, and the implementation of every medical equipment.

View from the corridor to the entrance.

The fusion concept here rehearsed relates directly the purpose with one basic component of the program - place for antenatal cares - establishing the proximity between distinct materials and architectonic elements, in correspondence with several cultures (Mediterranean, Scandinavia an Oriental) in a single meeting place. It is intended to make possible a contact experience with the bright space that hence results, bearing in mind at the same time that profitable encounters of different cultures are also reflected in human genes.

Gymnastic room .

Materials: Some surfaces are filled up with cupboards and light wood bookcases, though most walls and pre-existent structural elements, that limit and determine the space, are covered with white handmade glazed tile. The single materiality of these surfaces is the continuity element of the interior spatial structure, an identification code of the limit and also an element used for the public's better orientation in the inner space. On the other hand, this limit is not a hindrance, for it reflects the scanty natural light - captivated only through the façade glaze - to more interior spaces. The sub-division is done with sycamore wood panels. This way the effect of the luminosity transfer between distinct surfaces is mutual and no material is dominant.

Gymnastic room, wood screen, view from the corridor.

The functional organisation derives from an interior circulation in a "T" shape that articulates two poles with an intermediate area. The hall and waiting-room area is characterised by the natural light presence, coming through the glazes and two large columns, one of them placed in the middle of the space itself.

Gymnastic room, wood screen detail.

The medical assistant area and observations room, both of restricted access, are in the opposed pole to the entrance one.

Consulting room .

View from the corridor to the entrance.

Waiting room .

Waiting room and entrance door.

Credits

• Text: Francisco Portugal e Gomes
• Photographs: Jorge Garcia Pereira and Fernando Gabriel