valkenberg hospital revitalisation
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PRESENTATION TO TWO RIVERS URBAN PARK
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT & PUBLIC WORKS
CHIEF DIRECTORATE: HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
KATHERINE BLEAZARD
VALKENBERG HOSPITAL REVITALISATION
19 May 2016
VALKENBERG HOSPITAL REVITAL ISAT ION
Valkenberg Hospital: Existing Site Plan
HISTORIC CORE
Acute Village
Services Buildings & CGC
Forensic VillageHistoric Core (Administration)
Entrance Forecourt
Valkenberg Hospital: Site Area ±29ha
Gross Building Area 59 340m²
Building Coverage 20%
Security Profile High, Medium and Low
Number of Beds Forensic Village: 205 Beds
Acute Village: 235 Beds
Total: 440 Beds
(Current Capacity: 360 Beds)
Main Entrance for Patients, Visitors and Staff Liesbeek Avenue
Service Access Liesbeek Avenue and Pinelands Bridge
SAPS/Security Access Control 3 x Gatehouses
1 x Vehicle Lock
All Building Entrances
Valkenberg Hospital: Proposed Site Plan
New trees
Existing and remaining trees
Surrounding Natural Landscape
Low Secure Areas
Secure Courtyards
o Create a state-of-the-art mental healthcare facility
aligned with international best practice
o Create contemporary architecture that enriches
and contrasts the existing historic buildings
o Ensure ease of identification, navigation and
legibility of buildings
o Create a welcoming and friendly environment
o Create a healing and therapeutic environment
o Maximise natural light inside the buildings
o Create a positive interior-exterior environment
through the use of courtyards
o Provide long views into and through the
courtyards, and a visual connection to the
surrounding natural landscape
HISTORIC CORE
(ADMINISTRATION)
ENTRANCE FORECOURT
HIGH SECURE UNIT (HSU) MEDIUM SECURE UNIT
(MSU)ADMISSIONS UNIT ASSESSMENT UNIT
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
(OT)
LOW SECURE UNIT & CHRONIC
(LSU/CHR)
Forensic Village: Site Plan
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HSU MSU
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Remand/State Patients
Patient Flow
Patients Discharged
Occupational Therapy
Forensic Avenue
Historic Core (Administration)
O.T.Pedestrian Entrance
Out-Patients
En
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Forensic Village: Patient Flow
o Permeability of Patient Day Areas
o Long views through the building and into courtyards
o Patient Bedrooms in single-loaded corridors
o Views into courtyards and out to surrounding landscape
o Entrances and Arrival
o Nurse Stations
Key Concepts: Building Design
Male Patients
Female & Juvenile Patients
Therapy Court
Visitors Court
Staff Court
High Secure
MediumSecure
Low Secure
Assessment Unit Medium Secure Unit Low Secure Unit & Chronic Ward
High Secure Unit
Glazed doors allow natural light
into passages and views outEaves line through on
perimeter of building
Arrival Court
High Secure Unit
Double volume entrance
breaks the horizontal facade
Medium Secure Unit
Large windows
to clinical rooms
Colour used to identify
buildings along the Avenue
Horizontal
plaster lineContinuous low-level
face-brick plinth
Assessment Unit
Timber wall
cladding
Colour to lower portion of
walls
Louvre
for roof
ventilation
7° pitch
20° pitch
Medium Secure Unit
Colour accentuation
around entrances
Forensic Village
ACUTE AVENUE
RING ROAD
FORENSIC
ACUTE
CLINICAL
GOVERNANCE CENTRE
ACCESS TO ACUTE VILLAGE
Acute Village Site Plan
Psychosocial Medium Stay
Male High Care
Out PatientsDepartment
OccupationalTherapy
PsychosocialShort Stay
Therapeutic Unit
FemaleAcute
Male Acute
Male Post-Acute
Admissions
Female High Care
FemalePost-Acute
Admissions Step Down DischargeAcute Village: Patient Flow
Acute Village
Valkenberg Hospital: Proposed Site Plan
Project Manager Target Projects
Architects Design Space Africa, Lucien Le Grange, EBESA, Thorold Architects
Quantity Surveyor BTKM, L2K, LWA
Structural Engineer Aurecon
Civil Engineer Aurecon, Orrie Welby-Solomon
Mechanical Engineers Ingcali
Electrical Engineers Devkhan, SIC Engineers, Gibb
Landscape Architect TKLA
Rational Fire Aurecon
Environmental Consultant Chand
Heritage Consultant Nicolas Baumann
Security McAvinchey
Health & Safety Safetycon
‘Sometimes to cure, often to relieve, always to comfort’