In Ghaziabad, India, the Yashoda Cancer Hospital is a human-centered architecture that combines the needs of the patient with the technical and spatial requirements of a modern and efficient clinic
One of the architecture projects by AVT Architects Pvt Ltd, the Yashoda Cancer Hospital is a monolithic-shaped building, externally energized by its skin in various shades of gray dotted with small playful openings that capture light and guide it inside. The clinic accommodates 100 beds across its 7 floors, with a total area of 50,000 square feet
The focus of design is to bring relief and support healing and strength of spirit through art, colors, light, vegetation, and, undoubtedly, comfort and efficiency. The latter are expressed not only in the care of spaces and necessary standards but also in a progressive zoning of spaces, in facilitated connection between departments, and finally in the study of orderly and guided paths for patients and accompanying individuals
On the second floor, in the heart of the hospital, an open courtyard towards the sky with a ceiling quilted with stained glass opens up: here an abundance of plants, sunlight, and colorful shadows offer patients the opportunity to connect with the vitality and beauty that restore strength and dignity. As a culmination of this principle, from this colorful square one can access a dedicated art room where patients can use canvases and colors
The courtyard ceiling is made with a system of suspended colored glass panels and MS cross sections. The external facades, in their progression of grays, are clad in a combination of exposed concrete, slate slabs, aluminum composite panels and glass panels. The multi-story parking lot that precedes the arrival at the actual hospital is enlivened by interweaving colored metal poles in yellow. The interiors are finished in harmony with the overall composition: Italian Emperador Golden slabs, off-white and yellow Corian, laminates, transparent and lacquered glass, and many paintings on the walls that warm and liven up the atmosphere
