ALDEA – Community Center for Primary and Ambulatory Care
CENTRO COMUNITARIO DE ATENCIÓN PRIMARIA Y AMBULATORIO
Azua de Compostela, Dom. Rep.
Produced by: Karol Ventura, Liana Reyes and María Echavarría
Professor: Arch. Sarah Tió
@EAD_PUCMM
The main focus in this project is to establish a space that, in addition to providing physical health to its patients, also establishes the cultural identity of this city in a more palpable way, from there we start with the proposal of the Primary Care Community Center. From this point we will analyze in more detail the design strategies that will be used, the location of the selected land, the analysis of the place of the established province, among others.
Did you know that 33% of people in rural areas have limited access to health services in the country? As a consequence, these areas are characterized by having high rates of maternal and infant mortality and preventable or controllable diseases. This is why we are going to create a Community Primary Care Center, where people with limited resources will have basic health services available to them within their communities. Through permeable and inclusive spaces, we will teach awareness and education workshops on preventable or controllable diseases and within this, to be able to be treated in a primary way. These will be located within rural areas with greater limitations. Created by and for the community, thus growing fellowship and regional identity, in turn obtaining equitable access to health for these communities.
The Primary Care Community Center has as its function to provide the community of Azua as its function to provide the community of Azua de Compostela and its adjacent ones with an immediate health service and equipped with a community center for the use of its inhabitants, increasing not only its tourism , but also its economy and quality of life of its inhabitants.
The objective is to be able to provide a vital space for community integration that also responds to the health needs of the users who frequent it. Its activities include health promotion and prevention, consultations, attention to cultural demand, nursing and emergency assistance, and community orientation.
The project has a total of 21,352 m2, made up of 3 main blocks categorized by color. In the first block, called Building 1, is the Outpatient Emergency Care program with an area of 4,144 m², the second block, Building 2, is responsible for hospitalization and offices for doctors and patients of 5,265 m² and the third block called Aldea Community of 1,175 m², it has classrooms and an auditorium for the community center. The green and recreational areas play an important role in this project because they connect with the user through nature and are the direct access to each block, they have a total area of 4,948 m². The main entrance has pedestrian and vehicular access and a bike path.
The Comprehensive Maternal and Pediatric Health Center is a direct response to the health problems of the region as well as to the context that influences it. Creating the balance between a sensitive architectural response, a use of steel systems, direct contact with nature and the creation of a healing environment for each user. The architectural proposal seeks not only to revitalize the Montecristi area in the #1 health destination for Maternal and Child care, but also seeks to integrate as part of the community and be a vital part of it, in order to improve it as a whole.
Sarah Tió | Professor of Architecture and Design