Conceptual Design Competition “FSSH Building” – “2nd Price” Award
With the advancements in medical technology and the resulting increase in life expectancy, it is crucial to consider the implications of these changes.
Architecture, as a fundamental human activity in the built environment, must effectively respond to these challenges. The Health Insurance Fund serves as a vital component of a comprehensive infrastructure that houses the Regional Section of the Medical Association in Prishtina. The building is strategically located in an expansive 50-acre site.
The internal layout of the building embodies a sense of understated elegance.
Notably, a vertical axis system of movement organizes the spaces, facilitating access to various areas while creating a rhythmic interplay with external openings. The allocation of interior spaces is of utmost importance within a social context, and the adoption of a simple distribution system was critical in enabling this process.
Each quadrant is dedicated to specific activities, such as the Finance and General Services Department, the Department of Management Information Systems, the Department of Pharmaceutical Services, and the Department of Health Care Services. Additionally, dedicated spaces on the upper floor serve as sightseeing corners, enhancing transparency throughout the building.
The placement of the stairs fosters a harmonious relationship, allowing easy access between different floors and spaces. A central, verdant garden brings natural light into the building, creating a serene environment. Moreover, it facilitates visual communication across floors, fostering interaction between the common areas of different office units.
The guiding principles of equilibrium and synchronization underscore the design choices. They manifest through a seamless integration of the building’s purpose, spatial configuration, and indoor ambience.
LOCATION
With growing life suspense and health issues, which can only be improved by the increase of medical alternatives, it is necessary to contemplate the changes that this level of preoccupation can come to bringfor all sectors. Architecture, specifically, as one of the key human activities occurring over the environment, must proficiently meet its obligations. Health Insurance Fund is part of a set of apparatus that establishes the Regional Section of the Medical Association’s headquarters in Prishtina, situated in an imaginary location with a quadratic area of 50 acres.
URBAN SOLUTION & ARCHITECTURE
The internal arrangement of the building is fairlymodest. The overview of a perpendicular axes system of movement that allows entrance to diverse areas and a rhythm interposed with external openings is remarkable. The appropriation of inner planning is central in a social nature context, using a simple distribution system was crucial to enable this process. There is a variation of activities to each quadrant: The Finance and General Services Department and the Department of Management Information Systems. On the upper floor, one is reserved for the Department of Pharmaceutical Services, the Department of Health Care Services, and sightseeing corners to add transparency to the building. The stairs’ location offers an extra relaxed relationship, allowing easy access to the spaces located on different floors. The central and green garden brings skylight inside the building. Likewise, it empowers a visual communication through floors, between common areas of the various office units.
Equilibrium and synchronization are the main norms that justify the choices made between the place’s sense and interpolation, the configuration of spaces, and indoor atmospheres.
