Anadolu Health Village

Suburban Istanbul, Turkey

The Anadolu Health Village, affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine, provides visitors, patients and staff with a pleasing environment for the provision of high-standard medical care. From a sustainability perspective, great care was devoted to the human aspect of care and the indoor environment.

The master plan for Anadolu was designed with a focus on aesthetics, with special attention given to lighting, spaciousness and the surrounding natural and manmade environment including a sea view, manmade pond, natural plant life and abundance of green trees. The hospital won recognition by the Urban Land Institute of Europe and was published as exemplary of high quality site design and master planning.

The hospital was the first building in a 15 building master planned campus. The core design feature of the campus was to separate vehicular and pedestrian traffic encouraging walking over driving. As the centerpiece of the campus is a large central park that slopes downhill from the hospital towards the Sea of Marmara. The panoramic views of the sea occur from all inpatient rooms and from family waiting, staff break areas, dining, Oncology infusion cubicles.

Evidence based design indicating that access to natural light and views to the outside is very important in the medical outcomes of patients in hospital settings; therefore a mandate was set that all patient areas whether inpatient or outpatient would have immediate access to natural light and to views to the outside. Natural light in the building minimizes the use of artificial light in all of the primary public concourses. Sunscreens and low-e glazing ensured that while natural light was invited in, unwanted solar heat gain was not. Other sustainable features included vegetated roofs on over 25% of roofs. These are visible from upper floor rooms further enhancing the natural views that were found to be so important to support patient wellness. They also serve as healing gardens that patients can visit at any time.

Ties to the main transit bus system of metropolitan Istanbul occur along the shuttle that loops the campus. Also, there is a program that allows for staff and visitors to arrive by ferry connecting near to the hospital from the Sea of Marmara. Ferries are a major mode of transportation in Istanbul; water links the city to its many suburbs on the Asian and European sides of the city.

Native materials, including natural stone, were used in the project. Site imperviousness was limited by using pervious turf paver blocks for fire lanes.

The village is comprised of a 209-bed acute-care hospital, 59-bed intensive care unit, 8 operating rooms, 64,000 square feet of medical office space, medical related retail and central plant facilities to serve the initial phase and the long-term master planned community. Combining cutting edge technology with a patient friendly environment, the Anadolu Foundation has established a state-of-the-art hospital with international recognition.

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