UNIVERSITY OF NUEVA CACERES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

MAJOR PLATE 01
A PROPOSED BICOL DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC
A. General Guidelines
1. Individually done. Manage your time well.

B. Design Problem
A cooperative of doctors with their respective specialization in medical health hires you, an architect,
to design a diagnostic clinic in Naga City which will offer quality and high-end facilities for various health
concerns.

These are the multi-specialized services to be offered by the cooperative:

▪ Cardiology – 3 ▪ General Pediatrics – 2
▪ Dentistry – 2 ▪ Geriatrics – 2
▪ Dermatology – 2 ▪ Neurology – 2
▪ Endocrinology – 2 ▪ OB-Gynecology – 2
▪ EENT (Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat) – 2 ▪ Optometry – 2
▪ Gastroenterology – 3 ▪ Pulmonology – 3

The project shall anticipate future setbacks (e.g. epidemic; pandemic). Proper lighting and ventilation
shall be applied to give the users a comfortable setting and the rooms shall consider foremost their
accessibility, particularly for elderly patients.

C. Site Description
The site of the project is a 9,600-square-meter inside lot facing a 12-meter wide Road Right-Of-Way
(RROW) with 1.80-meter sidewalks on both sides. The site has a 2% slope to the 0.0m elevation of the
sidewalk. The lot has a frontage of 120 meters facing Southwest and across it is a medium-rise office
building. At its Northwest is a vacant lot and on the opposite side is a mixed-use development.

D. Minimum Space Requirements

1. Lobby / Reception Area
2. Waiting areas
3. Accounting Office
a. 3 Cashiers (counters)
b. Records Room
c. Storage Room
4. Pharmacy
a. 2 counters / Cashiers
b. Storage room
c. Lounge Room
5. Clinical Rooms (Typical)
Depending on the needed facilities
or equipment of the doctor
a. Waiting area
b. Secretary area
c. Doctor’s Clinic
▪ Office area
▪ Bed area

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▪ Wash area/counter
▪ Toilet & Bath
6. Medical Laboratory
a. Waiting area
b. Blood extraction areas
c. Lounge room for medical staff
d. Sanitation Room before entering the laboratory
e. Laboratory
f. Wash area
g. Records room
h. Storage room
7. CT Scan Room
a. Sitting area
b. Dressing/Holding area
c. Recovery Area
d. Control room
e. Examination room
8. Heart Station
a. ECG Room (Electrocardiogram Room)
b. 2D-Echo
c. Stress Test
d. Storage room
e. Records room
9. Ultrasound Section
a. Waiting area
b. Information desk
c. 3 rooms
d. Storage room
e. Records room
10. X-ray Section
a. Waiting Area
b. Xray Rooms (2)
▪ Changing rooms
▪ Control room
▪ Dark Room
c. Office of the Radiologist with 2 staff
▪ Kitchenette
▪ Toilet & Bath
11. Supply room
12. Conference room for doctors
13. Multi-Purpose Hall (200 people)
14. Security room
15. Pubic toilet facilities
16. Janitor’s closet with cabinets for supplies
17. Generator Set Room
18. Cafés/ Restaurant
19. Landscaped courtyard
20. Parking areas for doctors
21. Parking areas for patients
22. Unloading areas for public vehicles

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* Know the different users. Study their traffic flow.

* Observe local laws on zoning. Think of the design considerations while planning.

E. Required Submissions
▪ Use 20 x 30 parchment/tracing/white cartolina papers
▪ Rendered (choose your own medium)

PDF Contents Requirements

A-01 Site Development Plan

A-02 Floor Plans

Elevations, Sections,
A-##
Exterior Perspective,
Interior Perspective (any clinical room), etc

* Maximum of 3 floors.
* Follow the complete drafting standards for all labels.
* Clear and readable drawings and labels.
* All drawings must be fit to scale.
* Provide additional sheets if necessary.

MANNER OF SUBMISSION:

▪ Take clear and readable images first of the whole parchment/cartolina/tracing paper,
▪ Then take zoomed-in images of the SDP, each floor plan, exterior perspective and interior
perspective showing all the labels.
▪ Use phone apps like CamScanner to take clear images. Make sure the paper is flat to minimize
distortion.
▪ Compile and organize the images of your drawings in one document in PDF.
▪ Submit your compiled images in BlackBoard in this filename:

D5_MP1_SURNAME
e.g. D5_MP1_DELA CRUZ

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