Mennonite Hospital

Cayey

The decision to move the Mennonite General Hospital in Cayey to larger facilities took form in several stages of development: the hospital itself (1996-1998), the medical offices building (1999-2000), and additional areas for future expansion. What was indispensable in the design process was that the wellbeing of the patients and their families be given priority. Accordingly, a circulation pattern was worked out to separate the circulation of patients and visitors from that of employees and service providers. This scheme, and the desire to take full advantage of the beautiful view of the mountains to the south, determined the building’s plan.

 

The patients’ rooms were laid out in the form an “L” around the rectangular volume that houses hospital services. Patients in semiprivate rooms enjoy a view of the mountains, thanks to large windows placed at 45° angles and protected from the sun by planter boxes and curved eaves.

This area, with windows and painted in a single color, contrasts with the service unit, which is more massive and is articulated with white lines against a brick tone.  Circulation between the two areas is through a glass-enclosed connecting space. The placement of the structures took into account the possibility of adding an office b uilding in the future, and some areas were reserved for future growth while safeguarding the functional integrity of the various departments. In 2007, a volume with a curved façade was added to the southwest corner of the hospital in order to expand its patient capacity.

The decision to move the Mennonite General Hospital in Cayey to larger facilities took form in several stages of development: the hospital itself (1996-1998), the medical offices building (1999-2000), and additional areas for future expansion. What was indispensable in the design process was that the wellbeing of the patients and their families be given priority. Accordingly, a circulation pattern was worked out to separate the circulation of patients and visitors from that of employees and service providers. This scheme, and the desire to take full advantage of the beautiful view of the mountains to the south, determined the building’s plan. The patients’ rooms were laid out in the form an “L” around the rectangular volume that houses hospital services. Patients in semiprivate rooms enjoy a view of the mountains, thanks to large windows placed at 45° angles and protected from the sun by planter boxes and curved eaves.

This area, with windows and painted in a single color, contrasts with the service unit, which is more massive and is articulated with white lines against a brick tone. Circulation between the two areas is through a glass-enclosed connecting space. The placement of the structures took into account the possibility of adding an office b uilding in the future, and some areas were reserved for future growth while safeguarding the functional integrity of the various departments. In 2007, a volume with a curved façade was added to the southwest corner of the hospital in order to expand its patient capacity.

Circulation between the two areas is through a glass-enclosed connecting space. The placement of the structures took into account the possibility of adding an office b uilding in the future, and some areas were reserved for future growth while safeguarding the functional integrity of the various departments. In 2007, a volume with a curved façade was added to the southwest corner of the hospital in order to expand its patient capacity.