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SECTION 4.0 – ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES SECTION 4.0 – ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES
4.2.3 All areas shall be designed to achieve adequate cross ventilation and 4.3 BUILDING PLANNING AND DESIGN
natural lighting. Any deep planning design shall be avoided, or otherwise,
internal courtyards for ventilation and natural lighting or mechanical 4.3.1 The design shall create an ordered composition with associated functional
ventilation system shall be provided. requirements of building elements in a stimulating form that successfully
combines acceptable standards of space, height, form, and scale.
4.2.4 The overall external planning design shall provide a healing environment
and accessible from internal areas/rooms. 4.3.2 The design shall create a high-quality working environment, both externally
and internally, to provide an enjoyable, convenient, and safe hospital for all
4.2.5 The design shall also incorporate alternative access and exit point from the patients, visitors, and staffs.
main road.
4.3.3 Access to the hospital building shall be classified into three groups, namely:
4.2.6 The overall planning design shall incorporate efficient traffic flow
(segregation of vehicles flow) within the hospital as follows: a) Public: Direct access for the public to the clinical block.
a) Criss-crossing of traffic flow among patients, visitors, staff services, and b) Restricted: Closely related to public access area and incorporated
goods shall be avoided. areas of medical functions such as for emergency services, medical
facilities, etc.
b) General Access:
Patient flow, public flow, staff flow, and vehicle flow. c) Support Services: Access for the primary non-medical support services,
engineering facilities, building services, etc.
c) Emergency, Support Services, and Distribution Flow:
Ambulance and other emergency vehicles, gas supply, foods, drugs, 4.3.4 The design shall satisfy the clinical and functional requirements, operational
consumables, linen, equipment, waste management, and as required in policies, and technical specifications defined in the tender documents.
the Project Brief.
4.3.5 The layout design shall minimize travelling distance from the patients,
4.2.7 Security and safety planning shall be considered in the project's design. It visitors, and staffs. Patients and staff’s circulation shall be segregated from
shall be reflected in both the master plan and detailed planning in the visitors and services circulation.
compliance with Chief Government Security Office/Pejabat Ketua Pegawai
Keselamatan Kerajaan Malaysia (CGSO). 4.3.6 The design shall incorporate efficient workflow (segregation of clean and
dirty flow) within the hospital as follow:
4.2.8 The design shall consider good planning and functional inter-relationship
between various clinical departments, support service areas, and a) Workflow:
residential areas. Patient flow, public flow, staff flow, material flow, services flow, and
vehicle flow.
4.2.9 An adequate number of parking lots (e.g., car, motorcycle, bicycle, bus,
etc.) shall be provided and in accordance with local authorities' b) Distribution Flow:
requirements unless otherwise stated in the Project Brief or Client’s Foods, drugs, consumables, linen, equipment, and as required in the
requirement (MBOR). MBOR.
4.2.10 The design shall incorporate a covered walkway from the large parking c) Criss-crossing of traffic flow among patients, visitors, staffs, services,
areas to the hospital blocks nearest public entrance. and goods shall be avoided.
4.2.11 The design shall consider green spaces for a landscape that can be a buffer 4.3.7 Surau or prayer rooms shall be orientated to the Qiblat (direction of
zone between parking and buildings, reduce heat island effects, and for use prayer) and segregated between genders. Ablution facilities shall be
as an assembly area. attached/annexed to these praying areas.
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