phARma - Healing Through Architecture

There exists a paradox in healthcare design. Cutting edge medical interventions that are used to help patients are fit into a standardized design that lacks consideration for the patient experience and is in turn harming the patients; specifically in the ICU. Architecture should take a new approach to design challenges around the current customary hospital design.The proposed site is in Al-Olaya district, the heart and soul of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is a compacted modernized urban development with hospitals following the standardized healthcare design, where the indoor atmosphere is mechanical, clinical and unnatural. Saudi Arabia��s Government Vision 2030 plan sets out to improve the quality of health care in the country and finding ways to improve lifestyle by developing an ecosystem that boost citizens�� and residents�� participation in cultural and environment activities, thus providing an incentive for the project.The project aims to provide a new bluepri