Rendering courtesy of Farrow.
Canadian architecture firm Farrow has unveiled the design for Israel?s newest cancer centre, located on a prominent site in the heart of Jerusalem.
It is the first phase of Farrow?s three million square foot master plan for Shaare Zedek Medical Centre (SZMC) campus, which was completed in April 2016. The 75,000 square foot centre will offer radiation treatment as a complement to present chemotherapy services on the campus.
The centre?s luminous, uplifting design advances SZMC?s stated purpose for the master plan to ?facilitate a better future for the people of Jerusalem and Israel.? Shaare Zedek is Jerusalem?s fastest growing hospital and the only major medical facility in the city’s centre. The plan enables SZMC to expand their role as a Centre of Influence in actively creating their future as well as a Centre of Excellence in treating illness. During a series of interactive workshops, the desire to ?maintain the feeling of an intimate hospital while in a big hospital, to provide places in the facility to develop relationships between people, and be welcoming to a diverse population? emerged as important themes.
Farrow?s approach to ensuring a better future takes a bigger view of design for health. ?We set out to create a campus where people can thrive and prosper, rather than cope and survive,? says Farrow. ?The design embodies SZMC’s dedication to advanced medicine infused with human compassion, emphasizing the human touch and ...