University Cancer Center in Zielona Góra
The building’s architecture actively supports the patient’s healing process.
The architecture of the building plays an active role in the patient healing process. This is achieved through spatial solutions, the selection of construction materials, and technological measures. Care has been taken to harmonize the building with the surrounding historic structures and to expand the functionality of the site development. Various amenities have been planned to create a unique working environment for the medical staff.
The project includes the construction of a university oncology center. This multifunctional building, 20 meters high, has four above-ground floors and one underground level. It is connected by corridors to adjacent medical buildings that form part of the university campus. The facility houses hospital departments with the highest referral level, including thoracic surgery, general and oncological surgery, and otolaryngology, with a total of 76 beds.
Additional specialist outpatient clinics linked to the hospital departments are planned within the building. On the first floor, there are five operating rooms and an adjoining post-operative intensive care unit. These operating rooms and their supporting facilities are an extension of the surgical unit located in the neighboring building. The building also includes a hospital pharmacy, a kitchen with an automatic distribution area, rooms for medical transport needs, a nuclear medicine laboratory, and a central storage area.
Design solutions improve the internal logistics of the building, including the circulation of medical supplies and the seamless coexistence of different functions. The site layout respects existing relationships and connections with other parts of the campus. Improvements to the transport system include reconfiguration of the existing parking lot and the creation of specialized covered parking spaces for ambulances. On the south side, a landscaped square is planned, functionally connected to the ground floor cafeteria.
Due to budget constraints and complex utility networks, implementation is divided into three stages: two construction phases for the building and a third for site development. Green spaces play an important role in the design, consciously supporting patient healing and the well-being of medical staff. The landscaping helps reduce cooling demands and increases the building’s resilience to extreme weather events through rainwater retention.
Ceramic materials, characteristic of the historic buildings surrounding the site, are used to add depth and color to the new building’s facade. Prefabrication methods are employed for both the building structure and the facade, reducing construction time by 50% and minimizing the impact on the adjacent campus buildings.
It is planned to improve the traffic system, reconstruct the existing parking lot and realize specialized parking spaces for ambulances with their roofing.
Splitting the implementation of the building into two phases, takes into account the complexity of the existing dependencies of the existing networks and allows beneficial management of the investment budget.
The square is adjacent to the canteen and is a natural extension of the interior space. Its part is the terrace of the staff dining room.
In the emergency room, a landscaped green wall is planned. On the second and third floors, green-filled atriums open up to the communication of outpatient clinics and the area of nursing stations in the wards.
Advanced solutions were provided to protect the rooms from overheating. For patient rooms, analyses were conducted, for different times of the day and year.
Prefabrication has been used for both the building structure and facade. This reduces construction time by 50% and thus limits its impact on the rest of the campus facilities.
The building’s green path.
Provision is made for the management of all rainwater, both in terms of water from the roof as well as the paved areas located around the building. Harvested and collected rainwater will be used to flush toilets and watering of green areas.
In order to protect the site from drastic weather events, the location of rain gardens was envisaged as part of the designed landscaping. On the roofs and terraces it was assumed to implement greenery, which will take part in the retention of rainwater. The roof has a structure designed to delay water runoff.
Sets of photovoltaic panels have been located on the roof of the building, in the southwestern part. The 91 panels, will provide a total of no less than 20 kW of electricity. Much of the interior areas, including communications, will have access to sunlight. The rooms will be equipped with variable intensity luminaires that respond to the intensity of natural light.
