Healthcare architecture is, in the current situation, more relevant than ever. Medical facilities are technically complex. Also, they need to go beyond the functional sphere and incorporate wellbeing as a design premise. In recent years, AGi architects has built several medical projects. In addition to these, a number of healthcare facilities are currently under … [Read more...]
Omni Clinic. New Medical Architecture Project
Omni Clinic is a multi-specialty medical clinic that will be opening in Kuwait in the near future. The design that AGi architects has created provides a clear volumetric lay-out and an appealing exterior skin for this new medical architecture project. In the interior, well-dimensioned spaces and natural materials will create a welcoming atmosphere for patients and their … [Read more...]
Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center by AGi architects in Kuwait
The new Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center in Kuwait draws from the understanding of the sanitary space as a place that oscillates between the public and the private, between the open and the intimate, having to address both aspects at the same time. Buildings dedicated to sanitary programs require going beyond the purely functional requirements, incorporating the … [Read more...]
Healthcare architecture in Kuwait: new project by AGi architects
The concept of public space is fundamental in our commercial and cultural projects, as well as in the healthcare architecture projects developed by our office. After finishing in 2014 the Al-Ghanim Clinic and, in 2015, the Hisham A. Alsager Cardiac Hospital, for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, AGi architects is currently developing a new hospital project, a center … [Read more...]
Architecture as a pillar of health
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"; That is how Aristotle summed up the foundations of holism. It is analyzing and understanding the systems as an integrated and comprehensive set which is what ultimately is going to determine the behavior of its diverse parts. But it doesn't believe that this "whole" is just a sum of its parts, but the synergies between them … [Read more...]
Our healthcare architecture project, case study at Building Healthcare Middle East event in Dubai
AGi architects have shared their experience in healthcare architecture at the Architect’s Congress at Building Healthcare Exhibition & Conferences, held from 8-10 June 2015 in Dubai. Theevent has focused on the design of a healing environment and how it impacts patient safety, operations, and the financial success of a healthcare facility. Nasser Abulhasan, Principal and … [Read more...]