ST.

LUKE’S MEDICAL CENTER, BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY

Architect: RR Payumo and Associates

A joint venture between First Balfour and Makati Development Corporation was involved in the
construction of the hospital.

Year: 2010

Building Cost: P 9 billion

Floor Area: 154,000 sq.m in 1.4 hectare lot

Capacity: 600 Bed

Nursing Building: 14 Storey

Medical Arts Building: 11 Storey

Doctor's Clinic: 374

Architectural Analysis:

The St. Luke's Medical Center is considered the most respected medical facility on behalf of the
Philippines. The two facilities in Taguig, Quezon City and Global City are comparable to the most modern
hospitals in the world. Evidence of the prestigious medical services provided by St. Luke is its
accreditation and membership of well-known international organizations. The 154,000-square meter
hospital complex is sitting on a 1.4 hectare lot at the corner of 32nd street and 5th avenue in Bonifacio
Global City and is comprised of 2 integrated medium-rise buildings and a 6-storey Energy Center. 
Initially, the health facility will have a 14-story care tower with a capacity of 600 beds, a helipad, a
podium, and an 11-story medical facility that can accommodate a ground floor with a lobby and clinic
for 374 doctors. There is an art building. It is a multi-storey car park called "Hotel-like" and has more
than 1,000 parking spaces.

The hospital has 10 institutional laboratories for cancer, gastrointestinal and liver disease, eyes,
neuroscience, orthopedics and sports medicine, pathology, pediatrics and pediatrics, lung medicine and
radiology. There are also 18 operating rooms, 5 delivery rooms, imaging rooms, outpatient support
services, intensive care units, catheterization rooms, gynecological facilities, and post-anesthesia wards.
The Center for Global City has 10 laboratories in the heart, cancer, neuroscience, digestive and liver
diseases, ophthalmology, orthopedics and sports medicine, pathology, pediatrics and pediatrics, lung
medicine and radiology.

For even more comfortable hospitalization, St. Luke's patients in Bonifacio Global City have suites with
computers with free Internet access, 24-hour concierge services, shopping and restaurant areas, large
lobbies, beautiful terraces, and even a piano bar. The individual suites are tastefully decorated, but
patients who value luxury accommodation can be taken by helicopter to the hospital and spend the
night in a 157-square-meter presidential suite of 50,000 pesos per night.

Application to the Study:

Giving patients the best care, they can take by providing a pleasurable and comfortable stay for them.
Organizing spaces for better space interaction for all users. Using interior and exterior features such
designs including warm woods and nature-inspired elements, soft color schemes and exterior facades
designed with regard to their natural settings placed these facilities on the list. This allows the
opportunity to foster dialogue and collaboration.

4 bed Wards
lobby
 ST. LUKE’S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL, TOKYO, JAPAN

St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Source: Google Earth

Project: Hospital Building
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Architect Antonin Raymond
Project Status: Completed: Main Building (1992); Old Building (1933)
Floors: 13 floors (Main Building) and 9 floors (Old Building)
Total Floor Area: 60 865 sq. m. (Main Building) and 24 131 sq. m. (Old Building)
Beds: 520 Beds

Architectural Analysis
The St. Luke’s International Hospital has four buildings/facilities which include the Main
Building, Old Building, Annex, and the St. Luke’s Birth Clinic. The Main Building and the Old
Building are the primary structures that run the overall functioning of the hospital. These two
essential buildings comprise 520 beds in total and serves approximately 2550 outpatients (daily
average). It is noticeable that these structures are connected by linkages, which they call
“skyways”. These linkages were built across the roads and are located on the second floors of
each building. Spiral staircases connected to these skyways are also available for the
pedestrians outside the hospital. This approach is an effective way in helping users access
different facilities in a faster and convenient manner.
For the vehicular access/entrance, basement parking areas are provided inside the
building. Vehicles will enter the premises through the east gate of the main building in which
driveways for entrance, exit, and basement parking are provided. On the other hand, the west
gate of the main building is exclusive for emergency vehicles only.
 Vehicle Circulation in Main Building
In terms of the space planning/ floor plan of the Main building, it can be assessed that
the spaces and its zoning are properly placed based on the interdepartmental relationship and
functioning of the different departments. The structure has a total of 13 floors (11 floors above
ground and 2 floors below ground). Starting from the bottom, the B2F (Basement 2 Floor)
consists of the Clinical Engineering Department and the parking area. The B1F (Basement 1
Floor) consists of Commercial Establishments, Parking Lot, and the Radio therapy and Nuclear
Medicine Department. In the first floor, the “outer zone” is located here. These are
areas/departments that are immediately accessible to the public such as the accident and
emergency spaces (along west gate), OPD and services, and administrative services. The
Oncology department are also located here. The second floor generally contains areas in the
“second zone” that receive workload form the “outer zone”. The third floor and fourth floor
consist of the “inner zone” which is located in private areas but accessible to guests. In the 5 th
floor, Inpatient units, Cardiovascular Center, and rehabilitation department are located here. The
6th floor consists of the Pediatric department and the Rooftop Garden which can be beneficial to
the patients and the users. The 7 th -10th floor consist of inpatient units on both west and east
wings.

Original 1933 Hospital Building (Old Building)

 For the Old building, the structure has a total of 7 floors above ground and 2 floors
underground. Before the Main building hospital, the first St. Luke's Hospital was founded in
1902 at Tsukiji, on the outskirts of the foreign settlement, as a small wooden-framed facility with
two wards and five rooms. The hospital was transformed into Japan's largest and most modern
medical facility in the early twentieth century thanks to the efforts of director Rudolf Teusler and
Superintendent of Nurses Iyo Araki. Basement parking spots are given inside the building for
automobile access/entrance, just as they are in the main structure.
Teusler Clinic, Department of Clinical Genetics, Ambulatory Care Center for Children,
Well Baby Clinic, and Breastfeeding Clinic are all situated on the 1 st floor of the building, and are
mostly for young or kid patients. Onto the next floor, this is where you can see and enter
Learning Center, Palliative Care, Urology room, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery room, Laser
Eye Surgery room, a Chapel, and a skyway going to the Main Building.
The Kidney Center (HD), Kidney Clinic (PD), and St. Luke's Life Science Institute are
entirely on the 3rd level, while all private amenities, such as departmental offices, a volunteer
office, and a conference room, are on the remaining floors, mostly for staff use.
St. Luke’s International Hospital’s buildings and facilities have been expanded and
upgraded over the years; they are still located in the same place as the original hospital. The
original hospital building, with its iconic cathedral located inside, has withstood numerous
temblors and remains open for visitors. Upon putting a cathedral structure with in, the hospital
became a living organism designed to demonstrate in convincing terms the transmuting power
of Christian Love and treatment when applied in relief of human suffering, this translates into
staff who individually endeavor to provide “medical care that supports and comforts patients
suffering physical and emotional pain.” In the same way “living organism” means to grow
sensitively to advances in medicine and changes in the social environment, backed by leading-
edge education and research, to provide “high quality medical care.”
Application to the Study/ Project
The hospital provides a wide range of services and are made up of many functional
units. The hospital has diagnostic and treatment functions, such as clinical laboratories, imaging
emergency rooms and surgery; hospitality functions such as foodservice/Starbucks coffee,
Disaster control Center and housekeeping; and inpatient care or bed-related functions. The
hospital design integrates functional requirements with the human needs of its varied users. The
hospital layout promotes staff efficiency by minimizing distance of necessary travel between
frequently used spaces. The patients and visitors perceived the hospital unthreatening,
comfortable and stress-free ambiance, and it was being accomplished by using cheerful and
varied colors and textures, by allowing ample natural light wherever feasible, by providing views
of the outdoors from every patient bed, and by designing a way-finding process into every
environment.
They are patient-centered medical services and care is provided in the Christian spirit.
The hospital has been certified internationally and practiced "high-quality medical care", they
are working on quality improvements using QI (Quality Indicator), and the results are highly
appreciated. And in order to fulfill its role as an international hospital, they are focusing on
improving the acceptance of patients from abroad.
Each of the wide-ranging and constantly evolving functions of a hospital, including highly
complicated mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications systems, requires specialized
knowledge and expertise. The design of this hospital influenced by site restraints and
opportunities, climate, surrounding facilities, budget and available technology. All hospitals
should have certain common attributes, regardless of their location, size or budget.

References:

https://www.stlukes.com.ph/

https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2010/03/09/555771/st-lukes-medical-center-
look-future-healthcare

https://firstbalfour.com/projects/st-lukes-hospital-global-city/

http://hospital.luke.ac.jp/eng/about/index.html